Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?)

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com>]

In article <m3u2u2t0xh.fsf@mheaney.ni.net>,
  Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:

> But was I supposed to infer from the comment that because
> Richard (the GCC maintainer) was working for ACT (really,
> NYU), that that caused otherwise contributed to the
> crisis?

Well I can't speak for the intentions of the poster in
terms of what he intended you *infer*, but if you were
to draw such an inference it would be entirely incorrect.
There is quite a bit of history rewriting going on here,
but no one has said anything *quite* that outrageous, and
to be fair, I do not think that the original poster
intended you to draw such a conclusion, which would be
entirely false.

On the contrary, as with many other volunteer activities,
the critical thing is for the time of volunteers to be
supported adequately, and indeed ACT put substantial
resources into assisting with the continued maintenance
of GCC, something that benefited us, but also benefited
the larger GCC community.

A similar situation arises with Cygnus today, they invest
substantial resources to help with the maintenance of the
Cygnus tree, and those resources are enormously helpful to
the gcc community at large, not just to Cygnus.

That leads some people to harbour suspicions
that Cygnus really secretly controls the process and
somehow twists it to serve their own ends, but really this
is quite absurd, and does not correspond at all to the
reality of the situation.

To draw the inference you suggest here is equally absurd
(as well as being quite unfair to those involved!)

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies

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