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>3.15p is 5 years old! Compared to recent GNAT versions it is
>full of bugs... Don't tell me that in 5 years there was no room for
>upgrading the compiler.
   I bought Gnat 3.04A on CD in July 1996 and faithfully installed each
release for 7 years, until Gnat 3.15p in August 2003, reporting bugs as
I encountered them.

>..., but 4.1 was OK again and the Ada part of GCC has steadily improved
>since (i.e.  no or very few regressions).  I have a very good feeling
>about the upcoming GCC 4.3
  I'm glad that others have been doing the testing on the GCC Gnat.
Perhaps 4.3 will be as solid as 3.15p, or perhaps 3.15p is incompatible
with Vista and MS will effectively force me to GCC Gnat 4.1
When is 4.3 expected?