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Le Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:43:48 +0100, Maciej Sobczak  =

<see.my.homepage@gmail.com> a =C3=A9crit:
> As far as I'm concerned, GNAT GPL represents the current state of
> technology that AdaCore sells to commercial customers. That is, I can
> see it and treat the GPL package for evaluation and then go buy the
> Pro package once I decide that I need it. Seems logical to me.
>
> Note: I cannot be wrong in the above. Even if I'm wrong, I'm still
> right. This is because I'm the potential customer - if I get the
> impression that GNAT is crap, then they just lost the chance to sell
> me anything, even if in fact Pro is better than GPL. Lesson: don't
> play with impressions, always make good ones.
The areas where bugs occurs in GNAT GPL, are not the mainly used areas  =

(you may really build entire systems without any use of these areas). Yo=
u  =

are only facing these bugs where you've already learned enough of Ada. S=
o  =

this can be seen as an acceptable overview of GNAT products. Note: I am =
 =

just replying to the exact point of your message, not about  =

disappointments of GNAT GPL users, which is another story.


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Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es=
t pas pour  =

les chiens.

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