On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 11/01/2010 04:06 AM, Geert Bosch wrote: >> >> On Oct 31, 2010, at 15:33, Steven Bosscher wrote: >>> The argument against disabling java as a default language always was >>> that there should be at least one default language that requires >>> non-call exceptions. I recall testing many patches without trouble if >>> I did experimental builds with just C, C++, and Fortran, only to find >>> lots of java test suite failures in a complete bootstrap+test cycle. >>> So the second point is, IMVHO, not really true. >> >> Feel free to enable Ada. Builds and tests faster than Java, >> and is known to expose many more middle end bugs, > > Hmm, weasely use of passive voice noted. ;-) > > Out of interest, why would Ada expose more midle-end bugs?
In the 5 years working on GCC (and usually testing both Java and Ada) Ada caught infinitely more bugs than Java (which caught zero) for me. I think enabling Ada by default if gnat is installed makes sense. Richard. > Andrew. >
