Ada policy

[Robert Dewar]

To try to get this a bit back on track .. I would like to ask the question
of why Zack and perhaps some others think it would be desirable if GNAT 
could be compiled with other proprietary Ada compilers. I really have not
been able to understand any reason why this would be desirable. Let's assume
that

a) it would be quite a bit of work to make this so
b) no one would test it (certainlynot us, since we don't even have these
     expensive proprietary compilers, let alone time to fiddle with them).
c) it would somewhat reduce efficiency, maintainability and readability
     but not to a disabling degree

So these are the negatives, what exactly are the positives, or is this
discussion without practical aim?

I understand that Zack is disappointed, but I am not sure that is enough to
even consider making this change :-)

Certainly I can think of a lot (to me) more productive use of time.
If indeed no one is really suggesting this change, then I would suggest
we drop this particular aspect of "Ada Policy" and concentrate on other
issues.