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No discussion of Ada is complete without referencing the cost of commercial development licenses. They're expensive. Very expensive. Any enthusiasm for this la
by cartoonfoxes 6y ago
No discussion of Ada is complete without referencing the cost of commercial development licenses. They're expensive. Very expensive.
Any enthusiasm for this language is inevitably quashed upon encountering the $$,$$$ per-seat price of the compilers for the absolute bare-bones x86 version. It's more if you want to target non x86. I pester AdaCore for info every few years and while they've dropped a little bit, they're still out of reach for companies not in the Fortune 500. I'd love to use SPARK, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
- henrikeh 6y agoExcept that it the GNAT compiler is part of GCC and GPL with the linking exception. Why not use that? And I don’t get what you mean with “pestering for info”. I’ve once discussed buying their compiler and I was by no means in a F500 (decided against buying btw).
- cartoonfoxes 6y agoI've poked at it once, but it's a toy without the tooling and documentation the commercial vendors provide. GPLv3 is also a non-starter.