Why not gnat Ada in gcc?

[Robert Dewar]

<<> 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!