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On 2015-01-07 20:24, Shark8 wrote:
> On 07-Jan-15 10:28, Björn Lundin wrote:
>> You are building vapor-ware.
> 
> You know... it's actually been done before.

I meant that YOU are building vapor-ware.
Not that it has not been done before.

You set out to build
* an IDE
* an Ada2012 compiler
* a ticket/issue system (like Redmine/Bugzilla)

and what not in Freepascal and Delphi.

This has been discussed before here on CLA
where compiler writers says it _very_ hard to write a compiler.
Top that with a 'state-of-the-art' IDE AND a ticket system.

Others has stated the
the Pascal/Delphi people will be not too interested in writing
an Ada compiler (wonder why), and Ada people here will
be fairly doubtful in using Pascal.

You will be fairly lonely.

You won't finish it. Or if you do, Ada2035 will be out.

THAT is vapor-ware.


--
Björn