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On 20-Mar-14 19:18, Lucretia wrote:
> On Thursday, 20 March 2014 19:28:48 UTC, Shark8  wrote:
>> On 19-Mar-14 14:04, Alan Browne wrote:
>>> On 2014.03.18, 19:23 , Shark8 wrote:
>
>>> 1. Delphi?   Why not in Ada?
>>
>> Answered upthread: mostly possible issues in licensing and my rotten
>> luck getting DB bindings to compile/link correctly.
>
> Really? You couldn't get postgres-ada to compile? Really easy. If you're talking gnatcoll, then yeah, that's a complete bitch, don't think anyone's been too successful there.

I tried three or four bindings; I'm not sure if I did postgres-ada, but 
yeah... gnatcoll. It's the most memorable, and not in a good way.


> TBH, using Ada with GNAT and then bootstrapping with your compiler is the way to go.

That's something I was considering doing; particularly for a possible 
commercial offering for a fully validated/verified compiler.