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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,a73e561812bfa0d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 01:44:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [GNAT commercial USE] -- can i use GNAT to develop a closed source commercial application ? Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:44:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1060937097 24364 129.241.83.78 (15 Aug 2003 08:44:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:44:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41488 Date: 2003-08-15T08:44:57+00:00 List-Id: Marco Poggioli wrote: > I thank You and the other nice guys for the prompt answer. > > One last question comes in mind: is the free GNAT stable enough? Yes get teh Gnat 3.15p (not the Gnat from gcc 3.x as the whoel gcc 3.x is unstable at the moment) > Can I trust it like if it were gcc C++ ? Depends what you mean by this. Which version etc... Personally I would trust GNAT more than gcc C++. Besides the Ada language help catch much more bugs than the C++ compiler. > I'm asking because i'm a single developer that intends to roll out > his own application and to market it directly to customers, with well > defined budget and time limits. Don't see why you cannot use Ada (and GNAT). -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)