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Subject: Re: [OT] Systems Software Research is Irrelevant
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Date: 2004-10-06T18:33:39+01:00

Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
> I have Plan 9 on my "to do" list, but one of the things
> that puts me off is that likelyhood of no GNAT compiler.

You just described my position :-)

> Does anyone know if there has been a plan 9 porting effort
> of GNAT? If there was, plan 9's priority on my to do list
> would certainly change ;-)

Sometime ago I went as far as putting an entry in the "TODO" page in the 
plan9 wiki. Now that there is two of us maybe the project will hobble 
forward a bit more.