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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Gnat, tasking, Vista
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:56:19 -0800 (PST)
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Pascal Obry wrote:
> Brian,
> > Professional software development is all about managing risk.  For hobbyists
>
> Yes, managing risk... we all do that to some extent. To me your risk
> management is not safe at all. By waiting this long you'll have far more
> trouble to switch. For example some constructs were not properly
> rejected by 3.15p, you'll have to fix that at some point... the longer
> you wait the harder it will be.

Not to mention that using an unsupported version of GNAT for mission-
critical professional work is not exactly a good way to "manage
risks"; and neither is "upgrading" to Vista without also upgrading the
compiler.

I understand you may not have the financial resources to pay AdaCore,
but you could at least get free support from the Free Software
community, or even hire contractors to help in case of need, if only
you would use a recent GCC. If you value stability with support, then
Debian stable is for you. Sticking with GNAT 3.15p gives you only one
guarantee: that of getting no support at all.

--
Ludovic Brenta.