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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,344332f209947007 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) Subject: Re: Gnat Free ? Date: 1998/10/19 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 402914285 References: <6volj0$250$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <3620F843.39465221@home.com> <3621E42C.2920@Entenhausen.net> <700rfc$6h4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3627196D.720A@Entenhausen.net> <708040$4h4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <87pvbs6zb3.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com> <87u311bi9h.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com> Organization: * JerryWare *, Leiden, Holland Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ronald Cole (ronald@forte-intl.com) wrote: : jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) writes: : > If I understand you correctly you want ACT to follow current practices : > by prematurely releasing possibly unreliable software ? : You don't understand how the Linux development model has proven : successful, do you? Dewar's arguments for keeping Ada compiler : development in the "Cathedral" are unconvincing. I am familiar with the 'bazaar' vs 'cathedral' styles of development. For now, ACT has -for reasons they deem sufficient- choosen to follow the cathedral style of development. Since GNAT is (what nowadays is called) Open Source, there is no reason why another group could not develop GNAT on a paralel track using bazaar style development. In fact, a group of Linux users is trying just that. However, the appearent lack of progress (waiting for 3.11 ? :-) and AFAIK lack of other initiatives seem to justify ACT's decision. However there is no reason why this couldn't change in the future. I have not seen ACT taking any steps in preventing GNAT development other than limiting the distribution of their own interim versions. Jerry. -- -- Jerry van Dijk | email: jdijk@acm.org -- Leiden, Holland | member Team-Ada -- Ada & Win32: http://stad.dsl.nl/~jvandyk