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Pascal Obry wrote:

> tmoran@acm.org writes:
> 
>>  Gnat's an interesting example.  It's advertised as an Ada compiler, but
>>with the default compilation options, it isn't. 
> 
> You are pushing a bit far :)

With the default options, GNAT does not comply
with certain RM requirements (check into "overflow").

But it does provide command line switches to make it compliant.
I always thought that was a poor choice--folks who have a REASON
to disable checks should do so explicitly.  But apparently the
paying customers disagree.


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