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Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm??
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Dan'l Miller <optikos@verizon.net> wrote:
>> They also recently said they’re working on 
>> llvm, also useless because they’ll either not
>> release it as open or they’ll 
>> find a way to change the license to GPL.
> 
> Wait, when/where did AdaCore publicly say that they are working on an
> LLVM backend for GNAT?

On irc.


> (Their recent newsletter effectively said that the GCC-backended GNAT of
> today could generate aarch64-apple-darwin target, but that it had to be
> debugged only in the iOS simulator on Mac, not on actual iOS hardware.)
> 

Which is also something which won’t see the light of day outside pro.