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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e151cd4e58019c6c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-11 22:16:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!easynet-melon!easynet.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie: Best Ada Compiler for MS Windows ? Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:49:09 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0204110542.32b8280@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1018558150 27341 136.170.200.133 (11 Apr 2002 20:49:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Apr 2002 20:49:10 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22406 Date: 2002-04-11T20:49:10+00:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:Qfmt8.3536$qI3.1733340336@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... > It took a long time official Gnat to have this capability. How many > people took advantage of that Freedom and fixed it in their version > of Gnat themselves? I suspect that most users of "free" software don't attempt to tinker with the source code at all beyond possibly recompiling it. Something as large as Gnat would require quite a bit of investment in learning curve and who really wants to bother if they don't have to? The only big advantage to "free" software is that should ACT go casters-up or starts pricing themselves beyond reason, you can then make that investment or possibly find another vendor to do it for you. For most of us out here, I doubt this sort of thing keeps us up nights and the practical difference between "free" and "proprietary" is more an academic exercise. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com