From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e60fe41dcabc5f5d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: pontius@twonky.btv.ibm.com (Dale Pontius) Subject: Re: GNAT 3.03 for OS/2 Date: 1996/03/26 Message-ID: <4j948j$jk7@twonky.btv.ibm.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 144213922 distribution: world references: <4iufbc$cj9@twonky.btv.ibm.com> <4j6756$knt@twonky.btv.ibm.com> <4j8t6p$ae2@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> organization: IBM Technology Products reply-to: pontius@vnet.ibm.com newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4j8t6p$ae2@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, tojst1+@pitt.edu (Tore Joergensen) writes: > > I am happy for the free compiler I get. I would not be suprised if the number > of paying customers are below ten (I wouldn't even be suprised if it is zero). > It is quite obvious that the OS/2 port require more fiddling than Unix ports > (even emx can't change that). > Up until now, I've been quite happy, too. I've had a little off-line discussion with Bob Dewar on this, and the picture is not quite what we had thought. Without his OK, I won't release the number of paying OS/2 users of GNAT, but suffice it to say that GNAT gets OS/2 ports largely out of Mr. Dewar's own personal interest. This is not meant to accuse him of 'being fickle', or anything else, but circumstances do change, and his personal interest may not be sufficient to keep OS/2 revisions of GNAT coming in the long term. Therefore, if folks are really interested in OS/2 GNAT, we should get either Paying Customers, or someone willing to assist with the OS/2 porting effort. Some of the GNAT ports are currently maintained by volunteers, so there is precedent for this. As for myself, I've found no problems so far with GNAT. All of my problems have been learning the language with Lovelace, examples, and an old pre-95 copy of Grady Booch. Still, at the appropriate time, I plan to look into becoming a Paying Customer, if possible. Also, Three Cheers to Mr. Dewar for keeping us running so far! Dale Pontius (NOT speaking for IBM)