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From: Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ada, the best language with the not-so-best tool chain
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On 12-11-20 23:25 , Tero Koskinen wrote:

> About a year ago I asked from AdaCore how much it would cost
> to have GNAT Pro (1y subscription) for bareboard ARM microcontroller
> board (cortex-m3). As you can probably guess, the price was high,
> which led me to port GNAT to Debian/armhf myself[2]. But at least now,
> they (AdaCore) cannot say there has been no demand for ARM. ;)

Hmmm... I think they can say that, since they probably define "demand"
as "demand from customers who are willing to pay our price".

(I don't mean to criticize AdaCore. They have the right to set their own
prices to fit their business model.)

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Niklas Holsti
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