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Re: Why not gnat Ada in gcc?
- To: cgd at sibyte dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Subject: Re: Why not gnat Ada in gcc?
- From: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 23:02:20 -0500 (EST)
<<> I recognize that people who read these lists and integrate patches do
> so basically as volunteers, and can't fault them for their lack of
> time to do so if that's what slows acceptances down. However, the end
> result is that there seems to be effectively two classes of patch
> submitters: those on the inside, who get their patches approved
> relatively quickly (or do it themselves, because they have the
> reputation and authority to do so); and those on the outside who have
> to wait who knows how long.
>>
Our experience with GNAT is that almost all patches submitted by
volunteers have been immediately incorporated. Of course once we
have an open tree, this gets to be a more useful statement!