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"David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net> wrote
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> What is the best free Ada compiler available?

GNAT

> 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?

If you're just talking compiler, Gnat actually provides more than some of
the proprietary ones.

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

Portability: Excellent
Code generation: Very Good.  If you're comparing with free C++, Excellent.

>
> /David
>