Re: I am leaving Ada :-( because of GNAT bugs

[jm.tarrasa@gmail.com]

> I had a look at your sources, and managed to get it to compile with some fiddling. I did not encounter the compiler crash that you ran into, but there were a fair number of syntax errors in your sources.
> 

So what? That's what compilers are do: generate a binary or report syntax errors.

> I am not sure which version of GNAT you are using, GPL for FSF. Both are good quality compilers, but if you are running into compiler bugs in one, it might be worth trying your source in the other. For your source code, I was trying it out with GNAT GPL 2017.

That is the whole problem: He must fight, not just against his lack of knowledge of a new language, but also against compiler bugs. That could be acceptable to certain extend in new languages (Rust, Nim, Go...). But Ada is a mature language and it is supposed to have a mature and stable compiler, and mature and stable tools.

Ada boast of being a safe language, its tools should be rock solid and easy to install. Sometimes, reading comp.lang.ada, I have the feeling that Gnat, GPS, and most libraries are in a permanent beta status.