Though I don't quite understand the subject line, it marks a recent thread on the gnat-chat list. From the description of the features of this "ODD" (ACT's odd heterological acronym for it) item, it may not be fully a "killer" but it could certainly get some good exposure for Ada. * Entirely written in Ada - presumably with the reliability that implies. * GUI interface for the 'gdb' debugger * Supports items available in Ada and not in C (possibly including Java threads and Java/C++ exceptions?) * Uses Tk bindings, therefore portable to X11, WinDoze, Mac * Native code, therefore faster than interpreted Java. * Ada and Tk, therefore easier to read and much smaller than Java. This is my guess--I haven't seen it, but I've written a small amount of Java GUI code, and it sure takes a heck of a lot more SLOC than TCL/Tk for the same effect.) * Can run on a different platform than the one running gdb * Can control multiple gdb sessions (debugging distributed programs?) * "Entity browsing" (click on something, view its declaration). -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau