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Subject: Re: Weakness of Ada is expensive / security / etc. ? Anything else?
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:45:33 -0700
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Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> * Trish Cayetano:
>> -	Ada requires expensive compilers for large systems 
> What is expensive?  $300 per year for a single seat, including
> developer support?

What compiler is that?  I thought GNAT Pro was orders of magnitude more
expensive.  There are apparently no other Ada 2012 compilers, but maybe
older versions suffice.