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From: G. B. <nonlegitur@nmhp.invalid>
Subject: Re: Ada to Ada Translator ?
Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 07:21:38 -0000 (UTC)
Date: 2019-05-23T07:21:38+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <qc5hm2$hiv$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f1227290-e43a-47b5-b0e4-8f5b418f664b@googlegroups.com

foo wong <crap@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, this seems like a typical thread here. 

It is, addressing typical questions.

> Sorry, I am only going to add to the bickering... I am not sure if G.B is
> affiliated with Adacore but this statement makes me think so:

I‘m not, never was.

> All of the other languages supported by GCC are intended to make
> commercial software easy to develop with GCC. Are the folks behind the
> other languages withholding code to make more platforms available or
> releasing GCC code much later then their other offerings posted elsewhere. 

So lack of free committer-supported runtimes with commercially permissive
licensing it is now...

> GNAT is the odd one out and it's an obvious sales ploy.

Yes, but given the Ada embedded market, what is the incentive to a small
compiler support company of giving their assets away for free?

> There are so many brilliant people here, if you guys worked together, Ada
> would not have to be in this state.

How many professors and exceptionally skillful people have worked person
years to make a single  first Ada compiler with run-time?


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-23  7:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-17 14:21 Ada to Ada Translator ? foo wong
2019-05-17 21:00 ` Simon Wright
2019-05-18 12:05   ` foo wong
2019-05-18 12:11     ` foo wong
2019-05-18 14:47     ` Simon Wright
2019-05-18 15:26       ` foo wong
2019-05-18 16:48         ` Simon Wright
2019-05-19 16:04         ` G.B.
2019-05-19 17:08           ` Simon Wright
2019-05-19 18:27             ` Optikos
2019-05-19 21:27               ` Simon Wright
2019-05-19 21:42               ` Simon Wright
2019-05-21 20:54                 ` Optikos
2019-05-22  6:59                   ` Simon Wright
2019-05-22 12:06                     ` Optikos
2019-05-22 12:33                       ` Simon Wright
2019-05-22 12:57                         ` foo wong
2019-05-22 15:24                           ` Shark8
2019-05-22 16:34                             ` Optikos
2019-05-22 20:07                               ` Randy Brukardt
2019-05-23  7:21                           ` G. B. [this message]
2019-05-22 13:33                         ` Optikos
2019-05-20 14:11         ` Optikos
2019-05-20 16:37           ` foo wong
2019-05-18 15:44       ` foo wong
2019-05-18 16:49         ` Simon Wright
2019-05-19 15:04         ` G.B.
2019-05-19 12:41 ` Optikos
2019-05-19 17:38   ` foo wong
2019-05-19 22:52   ` foo wong
2019-05-20 23:19   ` Randy Brukardt
2019-05-21  0:13     ` Optikos
2019-05-21 22:15       ` Randy Brukardt
2019-05-22  0:16         ` Optikos
2019-05-22 20:16           ` Randy Brukardt
2019-05-22 23:27             ` foo wong
2019-05-23  7:56               ` Simon Wright
2019-05-23 12:29                 ` foo wong
2019-05-21 22:20       ` Randy Brukardt
2019-05-21  0:17     ` Optikos
2019-05-22 18:49 ` Optikos
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