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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.58.228.201 with SMTP id sk9mr2173473vec.35.1395185038541; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:23:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.82.98 with SMTP id h2mr510077igy.3.1395185038347; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!w5no6021037qac.0!news-out.google.com!dd7ni76igb.0!nntp.google.com!l13no8092778iga.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:23:57 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=75.161.68.119; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.161.68.119 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5151491a-14c3-4138-bcb5-f29108aeefb9@googlegroups.com> Subject: ANN: Kickstarter for beginning work on a new open-source Compiler From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:23:58 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1752 X-Received-Body-CRC: 144261519 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18842 Date: 2014-03-18T16:23:57-07:00 List-Id: It is my belief that a new, non-GNAT, open-source [and free] Ada 2012 trans= lator would be a good thing for both the Ada community and the general prog= ramming population -- this without even breaking from the traditional appro= aches. However, I think that a good, quality IDE/PSE could be quite advanta= geous; offering better project-management, documentation, verification, ver= sioning, and correctness/consistency checking. The working-copy of the proposal is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQVNNshW39cTXVOdWxQaVJ5WjA/edit?usp=3Dsha= ring The link to the Kickstarter is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/871049686/squid-open-source-compiler-a= nd-ide-for-the-ada-201