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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: GNAT 3.11 worth installing
Date: 1999/03/05
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In article <36DFA064.B610D4D1@frqnet.de>,
  Andreas Winckler <andreas.winckler@frqnet.de> wrote:
>> Yes, we tried to find out what's going on. But because
>> developing for SUN with GNAT ist not our major emphasis
>> we decided that further investigations are not worth the
>>efforts. In this case using the old compiler is the
>>better way ..... says my boss. ;-)

Yet another example of the

"it works therefore it is right"

syndrome. The trouble will come when you eventually DO
have to use another compiler or another version of the
compiler, or move the code to another machine. All too
often, the assumption is "Since Ada is portable, this
should be zero effort".

All too often that is wrong, because the code is incorrect
in the first place!

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