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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> writes:
> It was not compiling, but fixing/improving GNAT, I was worried
> about.  Ludovic Brenta does a great job of compiling GNAT (and I
> even tried it myself once).  What I am worried about is fixing
> errors in GNAT and extending GNAT to handle Ada2005.  I am seriously
> afraid that _that_ is difficult.  So far I've only sketched fixes
> for some errors in the GNAT implementation of the standard library.
> The actual compiler source code is huge enough to scare me away.

Yes, fixing and extending GNAT is difficult and requires huge amounts
of time to build up the expertise.  Fixing and extending libgnat
requires less time and expertise.  If you are contemplating a fork,
you can restrict the fork to just libgnat, since the compiler's
license poses no problem to anyone.

BTW, thanks for the compliments.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.