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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: How to challenge a GCC patch?
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:07:53 +0100
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"Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com> writes:

> On 29/09/2021 11:03, Simon Wright wrote:
>> nobody in particular <nobody@devnull.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Why is this at all surprising? AdaCore was created off the backs of
>>> U.S. taxpayers via grants Robert Dewar used to fund development of
>>> GNAT.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dewar
>>>
>>> This has been a questionable racket from Day 1.
>> (a) Boeing
>> (b) :plonk:
>> 
>
> Que?

Boeing's development of commercial airliners has had massive (indirect)
subsidy from the defence budget.