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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: will ada always be supported by gcc?
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"Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> writes:

> Le Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:33 +0100, Ludovic Brenta
> <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> a écrit:
>> Second, the Ada part of GCC is maintained by the company AdaCore, whose
>> customers use GNAT for projects with *very* long life cycles.

> How much means “very long” in this sentence ?

Decades, in some cases.

- Bob