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It is an April Fools Day joke. They forked GCC and made one commit on April Fools Day 2021, and haven't touched it sense.

Compare:

Ada++ -- https://github.com/AdaPlusPlus/gcc/commits/master

GCC 10 (history from April 2021) -- https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commits/releases/gcc-10?af...

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While I agree, the person I initially responded to has, in the past, asserted that they made it and that it is not a joke. They've remained committed to it for a couple years now and have, at times, misled or attempted to mislead people into thinking it was a serious effort. So when I catch them trying to do it again, I call them out.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29081047

It seems that they are either ludicrously committed to the joke, or have convinced themselves that it's a serious effort despite all evidence to the contrary.

The joke was on AdaCore's website.

? When was Ada++ ever on AdaCore's site?

I didn't say it was.

https://blog.adacore.com/a-modern-syntax-for-ada

Well, I think my confusion was reasonable since the previous comments were all about Ada++ (the joke that 0xDEEPFAC has decided is serious).

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