Re: ObjectAda 7.2.2 and VB6 DLLs

[<adaworks@sbcglobal.net>]

I wonder why Aonix keeps information about ObjectAda such a well-guarded
secret.  In Academia we never hear anything from them.

My own students are primarily military officers, some of whom are in a position
to influence software decisions once they graduate from NPS.  At present, the
only compiler publisher to keep us abreast of changes involving Ada is AdaCore.
We used to hear from DDC-I on a monthly basis, but they seem to have dropped
by the wayside.  We never hear from any of the other compiler publishers so Ada
looks as if it is only GNAT to our organization.

At present, there seems to be no organization that promotes Ada.   Does the ARA
still exist?   Oh, yes, there is SigAda, but even they are not pro-active in 
promoting
Ada.   If it were not for the efforts of AdaCore, no one would realize that Ada 
is
still a viable language for real projects.  We need to find some way to get more 
visibility
for Ada.   It seems it will have to be a grass-roots effort since none of the 
Ada compiler
companies has the will, the intiative, the management leadership, nor the 
imagination to do it.

Richard Riehle
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"Dirk Craeynest" <dirk@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote in message 
news:fj76e8$q01$1@ikaria.belnet.be...
> In article <MRf5j.68914$RX.52168@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net>,
> <adaworks@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>It's good to see someone using ObjectAda.   Does anyone know
>>the status of ObjectAda for the ISO 2005 revisions?
>>Richard Riehle
>
> Quote from <http://www.aonixnews.com/may07/notesfromtheedge.htm>
> (May 2007):
>
> "First, it is important to understand that Aonix remains a successful and
> committed player in the Ada business. The Aonix product roadmap for 2007
> includes no less than nine product releases. Core engineering activities
> currently underway include enhanced support for multi-partition kernels,
> Ada 2005 features, and the continuation of our best of breed Eclipse
> integration which we are now contributing to the open source community
> for the benefit of everyone, including users of GNAT."
>
> Dirk
> Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/-Europe/SIGAda/WG9 mail)
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