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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.200.63.99 with SMTP id w32mr20126195qtk.30.1509306832366; Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:53:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.157.14.201 with SMTP id 67mr620488otj.4.1509306832333; Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer04.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!z50no5003373qtj.0!news-out.google.com!r5ni5195qtc.1!nntp.google.com!k31no5018287qta.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:53:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <454a2aa4-89a6-4495-96cd-2e73df93f135@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:18f:900:f900:890b:5da7:fc3a:7d41; posting-account=3pYsyQoAAACcI-ym7XtMOI2PDU8gRZS5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:18f:900:f900:890b:5da7:fc3a:7d41 References: <454a2aa4-89a6-4495-96cd-2e73df93f135@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is there any other forum for Ada? From: Andrew Shvets Injection-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:53:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Body-CRC: 1949608163 X-Received-Bytes: 2758 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48640 Date: 2017-10-29T12:53:52-07:00 List-Id: On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 3:42:30 PM UTC-4, tclwa...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi > > I googled, and this is the only Ada forum that I found > Is there any other active forum > > I would like to discuss, some ... non technical topics about Ada > I am learning Ada out of curiosity, and while I doubt that I will ever > use it at work > > I still would like to learn more about its commercial license > > I read some comments on HN (Hackernews) that warn about Adacore > and that their commercial license is too expensive (this kinda make sense > since Ada is now a niche product), but how expensive is too expensive > > I visited the Adacore website, and the fact that prices are not publicly available > and that pricing is per platform, per library etc ... is not promising to say the least > > Should I really worry about Adacore and the commercial licensing cost? > > I would also like to ask about general stuff, like is there a roadmap for Ada, is there plans for Ada2020 for example, what are the new features planned for newer Ada releases? > > Anyway, is there a forum where I cant discuss these things without feeling guilty > This forum, seems too technically focused, and I dont want to .. waste anyone's time > > Thanks > Ali Stackoverflow is another option, but you have to be very technical there, from my experience. As for AdaCore, they do offer an open source product that I use: http://libre.adacore.com/