From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!pBWEO6hi52oGFheO/GY5ag.user.gioia.aioe.org.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: If GCC dropped Ada suport, how long would you use an old version for? Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:31:31 -0700 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <864ke9d1jg.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <13670133-8a67-49ad-88e1-1ffcc25ec81bn@googlegroups.com> <86sg22ddlf.fsf@stephe-leake.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pBWEO6hi52oGFheO/GY5ag.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HexVB7gA6uUtVfRsHdCrk86fKDQ= X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.2 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62125 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes: > On 2021-05-31 19:20, Stephen Leake wrote: > >> AdaCore serves a niche market compared to RedHat or Oracle, but that >> market is essential, growing, and will be around for the foreseeable >> future. > > True. However growing software complexity will inevitably change the > picture. Things cannot continue as they do infinitely. E.g. this > announce is showing: > > https://www.adacore.com/company/partners/nvidia I think that increases the probability that AdaCore will last; they are keeping up with current hardware trends, not just resting on past work. -- -- Stephe