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On 29/07/2021 01:49, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Since the "main Ada IDE" isn't even an Ada program (primarily being
> programmed in Python), I'm not sure what it has to do with the reliability
> of Ada programs. If someone built an all-Ada IDE, then that might make more
> sense. And in any case, programs like an IDE are almost always installed
> from binary packages.

Some people still have to build them.