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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,30a9bb3017fa58dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,959627a08fbc77c5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: bothner@cygnus.com (Per Bothner) Subject: Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Date: 1999/04/29 Message-ID: <7gbjhg$s98$1@rtl.cygnus.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 472597239 References: <7fndu7$im4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7g4oed$ko$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7g5ju3$qpb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Organization: Cygnus Solutions, CA Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: I don't want to say too much here, because I don't remember or know all the issues [in starting Egcs]. But it is no secret that Kenner was not working out as Gcc maintainer. This was not due to any lack of technical skills. I think the biggest problems were a lack a management skills, and an unwillingness to delegate. And as Dewar says: being Gcc maintainer is a tremendous time sink, and doing a good job while maintaining a "day job" is almost impossible. I don't think it was a major factor that Kenner was also working for ACT with the associated possible conflict of interest. However, there was at least the perception that in a few case he made some questionable decisions based on concerns about GNAT. For example, C++ exception handling was delayed because Kenner had his own ideas as to how it "ought" to be done. (I don't know what the technical issues were. Maybe he was just too much of a perfectionist - this is certainly a problem I'm all too familar with in myself.) -- --Per Bothner Cygnus Solutions bothner@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/~bothner