Re: Ada Compilers

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

"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message
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> David Rasmussen wrote:
>
> > More importantly, what do the free compilers lack in contrast to the
> > commercial ones?
>
> Cost. ;-)
>

It occurs to me that the OP may have been wondering if the free compilers
don't implement as much of the language as do the commercial ones. If that's
the question, then it is important to observe that GNAT does implement the
whole language. ObjectAda implements the full language as well, but I have
not examined the free version to know if part of the limitations are lack of
some features. I'd suspect the limits are not with respect to supported
language features.

Otherwise, its going to come down to add-on tools, support, updates, etc.
What do you want/need beyond the ability to translate Ada source into
executable programs?

MDC
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