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We are on Ada 202x nowadays being discussed, and in a world where FOSS tool makers have problems making a sustainable business, always changing licenses, there are still 7 Ada vendors selling compilers.


And only AdaCore / GNAT will ever support Ada 202x. The language has left the legacy vendors behind.


Libre compilers do not impose restrictions on output.


In embedded world restrictions on the output is the last thing of worries while fulfilling various certification requirements can be a big and costly headache.

And from the vendor point of view releasing a compiler under libre license allows for concurrents to undercut one on R&D leading to the compiler and related tools certification. So from business point of view it just makes no sense. This is very different from contributing to, say, clang, where a cost of maintaining own closed fork outweighs any disadvantages of contributing.


As long as there are enough people around to actually work on them.




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