Re: Gnat, tasking, Vista

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

Brian,

> Nothing unfortunate about it.  There are multiple paths to success, and 
> sometimes the path you know leads you through the mud.  Nasty, yes, but far 
> better (From a "staying alive" point of view) than the path you don't know 
> which could lead you along a nasty cliff, and possibly over!  Try rephrasing 
> this to "When they don't keep me from delivering a product on time, I prefer 
> the bugs I know to the bugs that might keep me from delivering and getting 
> paid".  Now, see which side of the argument makes more sense. 

This is too far stretched to me! I fully agree with Jean-Piere. We are 
not talking about changing the compiler environment just before a 
release. 3.15p is 5 years old! Compared to recent GNAT versions it is 
full of bugs... Don't tell me that in 5 years there was no room for 
upgrading the compiler.

> Professional software development is all about managing risk.  For hobbyists 

Yes, managing risk... we all do that to some extent. To me your risk 
management is not safe at all. By waiting this long you'll have far more 
trouble to switch. For example some constructs were not properly 
rejected by 3.15p, you'll have to fix that at some point... the longer 
you wait the harder it will be.

Pascal.

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