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Subject: Re: Problems with the "mwindows" switch
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 07:42:41 +0100
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NiGHTS <nights@unku.us> writes:

> Wouldn't it be the Ada way to scream violently before its death
> instead of quietly accepting its fate? I have a feeling Windows is
> inherently the problem here.

I think it's been fixed .. but for a long time GNAT tasks which suffered
an unhandled exception would die silently, leaving the developer
mystified.