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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: GNAT packages in Linux distributions
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On Sun, 09 May 2010 23:28:26 +0200, Yannick Duch�ne (Hibou57) wrote:

> I was to report some bugs as well about GNAT (there was some about  
> protected types, that's why your words make me though about it, however,  
> there some others as well), and gave up to send bug reports when I've  
> learned from people using the Pro version those bugs were already fixed  
> for long.
> 
> Yes, it seems obvious the differences between GNAT Pro and GNAT GPL are  
> not only a matter of support (or lack of support) or of license  
> (commercial application allowed vs disallowed) : it seems these are two  
> different compilers.

I don't think so. GPL looks like an outdated Pro. The real problem is that
FSF is a "very outdated Pro," back to the times when GNAT was quite
unstable (judging on the code I am writing).

Maybe FSF will gain in 1-2 years, but then Ada 2012 will appear, breaking
it again.

Lack of a stable free compiler is a serious problem for Ada.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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