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>>  And the Ada toolchains are not cheap.
>
> Could please expand on the above?

Have you priced an Ada toolchain?

> Isn't Ada now part of gcc, which is free, like like g++ and
> all the other free development tools from gnu.

Yes for home developers but commercial outfits don't always like free stuff
as they need support and fingers to point when something breaks or when the
developers don't read manuals ;)
>
> If you want to buy a commercial C++ compiler, then
> are you saying that commercial Ada compilers are more
> expensive than the C++ ones?

Yes, much. Compare an Ada toolchain with Visual C++ or Intel C++ products.

>
> For me, a 'toolchain' means just a compiler, make, nice
> editor, and nice debugger would help also help. A GUI
> builder will also be good if I want to do GUI applications.

Right.