From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J-P. Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: State of the compiler market Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:01:35 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1813789782.509760763.093426.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <87varxjouh.fsf@nightsong.com> <250466748.510009784.561340.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <30e53c12-5470-48e1-9306-8a048e39144d@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 14:59:42 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="700958d49fa4388655de6da8105bb7e2"; logging-data="6869"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/XNnWwxDuIAt4/yaa5RwN4" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.1 In-Reply-To: <30e53c12-5470-48e1-9306-8a048e39144d@googlegroups.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:I/UNwimmPeBCYTf0qGbosvmJiJo= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33440 Date: 2017-03-01T16:01:35+01:00 List-Id: Le 01/03/2017 à 15:28, volkert@komponentenwerkstatt.de a écrit : >> Can Adacore's (gnat) public licence safeguard the language is >> available the coming 10-20 years? I.e. can I stay relaxed? :-) > I asked my myself the same question. That was 15 years ago. GNAT and > its tools are still alive and they are getting better and better. I > am also sure, that AdaCore has some longterm contracts ... but in > some way, i am sharing you feeling, because i am not sure about the > amount of new projects using Ada. Don't forget that Gnat (even the Pro version) is free software. If for some reason AdaCore were to go out of business, any company could take over. AdaCore tells the story of a customer who asked that the sources be put in escrow as a safety measure. They replied: "well, if you really want to waste money... but you already have all the sources!" -- J-P. Rosen Adalog 2 rue du Docteur Lombard, 92441 Issy-les-Moulineaux CEDEX Tel: +33 1 45 29 21 52, Fax: +33 1 45 29 25 00 http://www.adalog.fr