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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: What's stopping you from using Ada for your next commercial
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* Simon Wright:

> Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 3. Availability of reasonably robust and up to date compilers.
>> Unfortunately things are very bad for Ada in this regard - compilers
>> are either bug-ridden or outdated.
>
> Speaking only of GCC, is this actually any different for Ada vs C or
> C++? (and the outdated ones have their own bugs ...)

The C and C++ front ends have a more diverse set of contributors,
including some who are not directly in the compiler business, which
makes certain situations much less likely to occur.