Re: Ada Dot Net ?

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

That's a big problem with a lot of the other things in Ada - in theory,
volunteers could do it. But who is likely to dedicate the time needed
without any compensation? We all might do something reasonably small, but a
project of this magnitude might get in the way of our day jobs. :-) The
current vendors might be interested in it from a speculative standpoint, but
they are likely to be loathe to risk a large sum of money porting to a
platform with no clear market segment out there eager to buy the end
product.

There might be people willing to put in some sweat equity on a venture
targeting .NET, but I doubt it could get done as a volunteer effort.

MDC
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"Jerry van Dijk" <jvandyk@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
> In theory, of course, a volunteer effort could do it, starting with GNAT
> (or even as a new gcc target). But last time I checked getting the info
> needed from MS involved signing a lot of contracts with them, and paying
> a handsome sum of serious money up front.
>