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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,13b7917466f2d19 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 14:00:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Ronald Cole Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT and GCC 3.0 Date: 09 Oct 2001 14:00:18 -0700 Organization: Forte International Technical Consulting Services - +1 760 499 9142 Message-ID: Sender: ronald@yakisoba.forte-intl.com References: <9a575af3.0110020747.2304ce86@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0110022002.7ccde025@posting.google.com> <5ee5b646.0110060639.31567261@posting.google.com> <9pr6e8$aai1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <%biw7.8780$H81.3054034106@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14091 Date: 2001-10-09T14:00:18-07:00 List-Id: "Pat Rogers" writes: > No, it wasn't the worst of his by any means, and there are other people who > post much worse at any given moment, but he's usually very sarcastic and > caustic. Big chip on his shoulder for some reason. That "reason" is that Robert Dewar threatened to not do business with clients that sent me wavefront sources so that I could start a sourceforge-like cvs repository for gnat before there even was a sourceforge. A very un-friendly threat for someone who touts his admiration for open-source and free software. That one act swore me off of gnat and after five years, I see that nothing's changed. Yes, gnat will be in gcc-3, but Mr. Dewar cautions that it is "highly experimental"; which I interpret to mean that he doesn't consider it as reliable as the gcc-2.8 based gnat. I'm reasonable certain that that wouldn't be the case today had Mr. Dewar really opened up gnat five years ago and allowed a lot more eyes on his work-in-progress. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B