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From: Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:31:43 +0000 (UTC)
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:

>> language. Would you argue
>>> that C is being impaired because Microsoft C is not free?
>> 
>> There are many implementations of C, not true of Ada.
> 
> Really? I'm sure the Atego people, ICC (Adam's employer), and RRS (me) would 
> be rather surprised to hear that. Not to mention the many Ada 95 
> implementations still available.

I meant available to a general user or beginner. Also, I meant those that
do not use someone else's front end as I understand a lot of the Ada
compilers available (at extreme cost) are the same front end.

Therefore 1) not many available for free or less than a couple I hundred
quid and even that is too much for a lot of people, 2) not many independent
implementations.

Can't believe we have to spell this shit out constantly on this group.