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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4509214aa8b1885b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Robert Kirkbride Subject: GNAT Support Costs Date: 2000/01/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 576196576 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: rk-comp.demon.co.uk:194.222.52.8 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 948562247 nnrp-06:21346 NO-IDENT rk-comp.demon.co.uk:194.222.52.8 Organization: RK Computing Ltd NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Jan 2000 17:29:20 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net Date: 2000-01-22T17:29:20+00:00 List-Id: I have recently made enquiries about using GNAT for a small project (typically only 1 programmer) and was staggered to find out the support costs. Really I was just after buying a product that I knew I would get new releases for as and when they came out and feel like I'm not just using a product for free. Because ACT seem to assume the smallest project will involve 10 programmers I am forced to have to consider another compiler. I know Rational do an Ada95 compiler, not sure which platforms it resides on. My preferred platform is Linux but it could also be Compaq Tru64 Unix. Does anyone have any recommendations of cheaper compilers that cater for small projects? Rob Kirkbride -- rob@rk-comp.demon.co.uk