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From: "Arie van Wingerden" <xapwing@gmail.com>
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Just curious: AFAIK the free GNU Ada compiler is Ada95. So, when you need 
new Ada2005 or Ada2012 features you're out of luck?
Or am I misinformed?
Arie


>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Hubert wrote:

>> You could develop your software with AdaCore's IDE and compiler, and then
>> compile the final executables with the free FSF compiler. I tried this
>> some time ago (out of curiosity, not for license reasons).

>> The FSF and AdaCore-GPL compilers seem to be compatible, though I tried 
>> to
>> avoid gnat-specifics, anyway. Bug fixes and new features for FSF may be a
>> bit behind. But if you avoid the most recently added feature and don't
>> run into some exotic bug, your program should compile and run the same.