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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GNAT GPL is not shareware
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:08:28 -0800, David Botton wrote:

>> So, if Ada advocacy does want to expand the number of companies and
>> developers using it, it needs to make sure that one of the first Ada
>> websites that people stumble on is one that tells a more reassuring
>> story about the state of compilers
> 
> and so GetAdaNow.com was born :)

> It would be really great if some others with the right skill sets
> decided time to  get involved with the Draco project retargeting gnat
> for llvm  or start another community supported compiler effort.
> 
> http://www.dragonlace.net/questions/quest_004/
> 
> David Botton

And one of the links there
http://llvm.org/cmds/llvmgcc.html
apparently on the official LLVM website now 404s, which doesn't give one 
a good feel for the state of the project :-(

- Brian