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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: CPAN style Ada repository
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:13:42 -0700
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On 11/29/2013 12:22 PM, Felix Krause wrote:
>
> The major problem is that from what I know, Ada code is not
> very portable between compilers (even the .ads/.adb naming
> convention is GNAT-specific). Should only GNAT be supported?
> If not, should project be required to build on different
> compilers in order to be allowed in the repository?

In my limited experience (only dating back to 1984), well written Ada code is 
extremely portable between compilers. Usually all that is needed to port such 
Ada between compilers is to recompile.

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Jeff Carter
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