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From: Rod Kay <rodakay5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Building the 2021 source release of GnatStudio
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On 29/7/21 10:49 am, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Rod Kay" <rodakay5@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:sdr7qu$cuj$1@dont-email.me...
> ...
>>     Ada is touted for its safety, stability and portability. What would
>> new-comers think when the main Ada IDE, produced by the main Ada vendor,
>> breaks so frequently (every yearly release, there have been similar
>> difficulties).
> 
> 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.
> 

    I guess the point I was trying to make was 'Why is GnatStudio using 
Python at all, given that Ada is superior ?'.