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Date: 20 Sep 93 19:30:36 GMT
From: news.crd.ge.com!e7sa!groleau@uunet.uu.net  (Wes Groleau x1240 C73-8)
Subject: Re: Current state of Ada 9X compilers...?
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In article <27hagd$7qc@klaava.Helsinki.FI> stickler@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Patric 
M Stickler) writes:
>In article <1993Sep18.163712.8933@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> blaak@csri.toronto.
edu (Raymond Blaak) writes:
>>P.S. The GNAT project may just be the best thing that has happened for Ada.
>Ok, we have one strong vote of interest. Any others? ;-)

Some will say that GNAT may be the worst thing--because vendors, unable to
compete with "free" will drop out.  I disagree.  I suspect that "winning
converts" to Ada will help the vendors even if "competition" from GNAT 
undercuts them.  The reason is that many companies don't trust "free-ware"
and may buy commercial products once someone or something convinces them Ada
is not a joke.