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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c1983ae2deb642ab X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 11:29:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT References: <5ee5b646.0205250258.7502fb36@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <_IQH8.462$II3.79467548@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.104.238 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1022351290 ST000 67.115.104.238 (Sat, 25 May 2002 14:28:10 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 14:28:10 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: Q[RGGTSDZRRQBQH]]RKB_UDAZZ\DPCPDLXUNNHXIJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 18:28:10 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24787 Date: 2002-05-25T18:28:10+00:00 List-Id: > As for portability, you are not doing so badly > if you make something GNAT dependent, I do think you should use your "Ada Core Technologies" signature when making a statement with such a clear financial impact. > a much more limiting decision is to use packages that are tied to one > particular machine or proprietary operating systems. I suppose there are small, specialized markets where that's true. For some programs, being tied to Windows is not a great limitation, however.