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 X-Received: by 2002:a6b:7a45:: with SMTP id k5-v6mr10102748iop.16.1535038321062; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:32:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:d417:: with SMTP id l23-v6mr51257oig.7.1535038320905; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:32:00 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.69.MISMATCH!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!g24-v6no3376617iti.0!news-out.google.com!c63-v6ni1191ith.0!nntp.google.com!g24-v6no3376611iti.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:32:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2607:f2c0:f200:1405:440f:d5c3:e46b:1699; posting-account=cUi90woAAADTaOISowbbHM8GUD0-opJO NNTP-Posting-Host: 2607:f2c0:f200:1405:440f:d5c3:e46b:1699 References: <2bd66110-61e4-45c2-b731-7387b45b1e56@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <9403f091-7a72-467d-aa6e-19a61c2d1f3c@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Which old version is best to use? don't trust Adacore anymore From: patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:32:01 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2613 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2607813592 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54229 Date: 2018-08-23T08:32:00-07:00 List-Id: Hi Mark and thanks for your post Dan'l ! It's not that I am missing a feature, it's just that I am tired of Adacore'= s games and I want to have independence from them. I feel like they are try= ing to make free Ada compiler options "demo-ware" for their expensive paid = options. As a few side notes, the older GMGPL code looks kinda scary with many patch= es applied to GCC in order for it to work.=20 The FSF version has a linking exception and would be fine if it wasn't so b= uggy.=20 I am looking at the Ada source code in vim with ctags and it is so well lai= d out and easy to follow along with. I doubt I am smart enough to do this a= lone(or have time) but I am wondering about starting a thread about how it = works internally. If the thread grew and grew if could become a good tutori= al to bring more people in. Maybe we could start maintaining GNAT independe= ntly of Adacore, I am sure the GCC people would not be opposed to patches. As another side note, I am frustrated with Adacore but I don't want to dire= ct any negativity at it's wonderful employees or the other GNAT writers who= are no longer with us such as Robert Dewer.