> Interesting that the GNU compiler collection now includes a very efficient Ada compiler. GNAT has existed for ... at least ten years, I think. The DOD appare

> Interesting that the GNU compiler collection now includes a very efficient Ada compiler. GNAT has existed for ... at least ten years, I think. The DOD apparently paid for the development so there would be at least one open source/free software implementation. (According to Wikipedia, development started about twenty years ago, and it was merged into GCC in 2001.)