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On Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:28:56 UTC, Volkert  wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 9:43:42 AM UTC+1, reinkor wrote:
> > I got a bit scared from this discussion since I am investing much time =
in developing an application in Ada.=20
> >=20
> > Can Adacore's (gnat) public licence safeguard the language is available=
 the coming 10-20 years? I.e. can I stay relaxed? :-)
>=20
> I asked my myself the same question. That was 15 years ago. GNAT and its =
tools are still alive and they are getting better and better. I am also sur=
e, that AdaCore has some longterm contracts ... but in some way, i am shari=
ng you feeling, because i am not sure about the amount of new projects usin=
g Ada.=20

I remember being at a presentation where Joyce Tokar was talking about the =
contract Tartan had to support their Ada compiler for 25 years or something=
 on (I think) some Raptor system; I think that might've been 1994 or 1995. =
Presumably there is still some support for it, either from Tartan Software,=
 Inc, for the TMS320C3x and C4x, or DDC-I for the M68K, i960 and Mil-Std-17=
50A but it looks like none of those even do Ada95.