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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.uni-weimar.de!medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de!lucks From: Stefan.Lucks@uni-weimar.de Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 14:26:47 +0100 Organization: Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar Message-ID: References: <87bnmetex4.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4ae7f0d5-d681-4be9-95bc-b5e789b3ad40@googlegroups.com> <87tx06rve6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <87lhlirpk0.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <79f3eff7-2b45-40ae-af94-fa9a17426d82@googlegroups.com> <87bnmd8mg2.fsf@ixod.org> <19cf9bc2-f8b9-4735-b427-7b070dda59da@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: medsec1.medien.uni-weimar.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323329-598503256-1420550807=:19142" X-Trace: pinkpiglet.scc.uni-weimar.de 1420550983 25724 141.54.178.228 (6 Jan 2015 13:29:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@pinkpiglet.scc.uni-weimar.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 13:29:43 +0000 (UTC) X-X-Sender: lucks@debian In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (DEB 23 2013-08-11) Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24402 Date: 2015-01-06T14:26:47+01:00 List-Id: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-598503256-1420550807=:19142 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Hubert wrote: >> Can either of you tell me why the FSF gcc/ada doesn't serve that purpose= =20 >> now and at a zero price point? > > Well for wone, I like an IDE with the compiler. You could develop your software with AdaCore's IDE and compiler, and then= =20 compile the final executables with the free FSF compiler. I tried this=20 some time ago (out of curiosity, not for license reasons). The FSF and AdaCore-GPL compilers seem to be compatible, though I tried to= =20 avoid gnat-specifics, anyway. Bug fixes and new features for FSF may be a= =20 bit behind. But if you avoid the most recently added feature and don't=20 run into some exotic bug, your program should compile and run the same. > I would be happy to pay something in the field of 300$ for that system as= it=20 > is now, without tech support, if it allowed me to write small closed suor= ce=20 > software. Agreed. The existence of such a compiler (by AdaCore or someone else)=20 would be good for the Ada community. Stefan ------ I love the taste of Cryptanalysis in the morning! ------ --Stefan.Lucks (at) uni-weimar.de, Bauhaus-Universit=E4t Weimar, Germany-- --8323329-598503256-1420550807=:19142--