Re: GNAT 3.01 Source For OS/2

[pontius@twonky.btv.ibm.com (Dale Pontius)]

In article <DqIBno.2E7@iquest.net>,
        jschafer1@iquest.net writes:
>
>(many things)
>
I tried once to send this to you by mail, but iquest.net bounced it
back to me, saying:

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So I'm not sure how to say this to you, privately. Then I was going
to let the whole thing slide by. But now I'm in the reluctant position
of donning the 'net police' hat, which I don't feel qualified or
selected for. Attempted mailing follows:

In article <DqBxv9.GBL@iquest.net>,
        jschafer1@iquest.net writes:
>I have been recently working with the source code for GNAT 3.03 on OS/2. I
>have found SEVERAL problems with this code.  In fact I have Ada units that
>compiled on the older 3.01 compiler but will now not compile on he 3.03
>compiler.
>
etc...

Please, tone it down just a little. OS/2 users have gotten quite a
name for being 'rabid', and if we want more respect we have to stop
it. Your post is not one of the eyeball-frying variety that I've
seen elsewhere, but IMHO it does come on just a little strong. I've
no gripes with what you're saying or the legitimacy of your gripe,
I just ask that you say it in a more reserved fashion.

(Chronologically, this follows Robert Dewar's response...)

Robert Dewar has said that he has OS/2 GNAT 3.04 running on his
machine for some time. Hopefully it will get released sometime soon.
In the meantime, there are NO paying GNAT OS/2 customers, so we get
our 'nearly timely' ports by his good graces. I had planned to look
into becoming a paying customer after my current chip design is
submitted to fabrication, but with the recent fall in DRAM prices
our management has again tightened the purse strings. Oh well, prices
are supposed to rebound in the second half of the year. Maybe then.
This is an amusing situation for me, as both a producer and consumer
of DRAM. I hardly know what to wish for.

Dale Pontius
(NOT speaking for IBM)