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		Jtsummers on Nov 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ada implementation of an X Window System Server (1... It’s a glorified sed script with a forked version of GCC from April 1st. It’s a joke.

0xDEEPFAC on Nov 2, 2021 [–]

It is not? As the creator I can tell you that the parser and analyzer of GCC/GNAT were modified.

For example, supporting implicit "use" clauses for packages was a difficult problem to solve - not to mention allowing for abbreviated type names in the Standard package.

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