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From: Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org>
Subject: Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?)
Date: 1999/04/27
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Date: 1999-04-27T00:00:00+00:00
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Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com> writes:

> In article <7g3klg$26p$1@rtl.cygnus.com>,
>   bothner@cygnus.com (Per Bothner) wrote:
> > The reason EGCS was started was because things has
> > reached a crisis point.  This happened while the official
> > Gcc maintainer was working for ACT.
> 
> Since Cygnus likes to correct you when people say that
> Cygnus controls EGCS, let's clarify a little here. Richard
> Kenner in his role as the maintainer of GCC was working
> for New York University, not for ACT! That's an important
> distinction, just as important as the fact that EGCS is
> not controlled by Cygnus :-)


But was I supposed to infer from the comment that because Richard (the
GCC maintainer) was working for ACT (really, NYU), that that caused or
otherwise contributed to the crisis?