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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:17:30 +0200
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Andreas Schwarz wrote:
> 
>> I wouldn't have any use for gnat-gpl, and for me Ada has not /that/ 
>> many advantages that I would pay $$$ for it.
> 
> 
> $$$ ist quite the usual price for commercial use of compilers
> + tools in (really) small business, I think, whatever the language.
> GCC etc. being an exceptionally inexpensive option only when you
> don't need timely support. (And the GMGPL is still in the latest
> sources in GCC.)

for C/C++ on Windows, digital mars is also free. it does not come with 
source, it is not GPL, it is not endorsed by the FSF, it is simply 
free (see http://www.digitalmars.com/).

free development tools are not so uncommon...

-- 
rien