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From: David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net>
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Date: 2002-05-15T20:55:30+02:00
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What is the best free Ada compiler available?

I know that question is probably silly and will get me redirected to the 
faq. Still, I would like to hear _people's_ opinion, instead of the 
usual "we can't say what's best, that's relative".

More importantly, what do the free compilers lack in contrast to the 
commercial ones?

Also, how portable is typical Ada, and how good is code generation 
compared to C++ on the same platform (typically)?

/David