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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!newsfeed.xs3.de!io.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jacob Sparre Andersen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: State of the compiler market Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:29:57 +0200 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: <87fuelzvcq.fsf@jacob-sparre.dk> References: <1813789782.509760763.093426.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <87varxjouh.fsf@nightsong.com> <250466748.510009784.561340.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 109.57.159.172.mobile.3.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: franka.jacob-sparre.dk 1498552198 27899 109.57.159.172 (27 Jun 2017 08:29:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:29:58 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:p5o9J6/pvO27wBENok6TK/KVsmY= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:47141 Date: 2017-06-27T10:29:57+02:00 List-Id: reinkor writes: > I got a bit scared from this discussion since I am investing much time > in developing an application in Ada. > > Can Adacore's (gnat) public licence safeguard the language is > available the coming 10-20 years? I.e. can I stay relaxed? :-) I think you can. My bet is that Ada will be around at least another 20 years. At some point we will have accept to break backwards compatibility, but I can't see how and when it will happen. Greetings, Jacob -- »If you're going to have crime, it might as well be organized crime.« -- Lord Vetinari