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Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm??
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"I just want the ability to do the right thing for pretty much everyone who programs." : Sure, but like Mr Jacob said, asking to use Windows beforehand seems a bit contradictory...
Instead of having to maintain multiple versions, is there a problem with platforms like Mingw or cygwin/cygnal ?
Or I should say "what is the problem", since you most likely thought of it before.