From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,9ab76c2183ecc054 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-01 07:17:58 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada to C Translator Message-ID: <+CYFHpa20TaZ@eisner.decus.org> References: <92fk1v0cou@drn.newsguy.com> <92fqlt$h8d$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A4CF58B.A8FF223C@collins.rockwell.com> <92plgm$ktl13@news.kvaerner.com> Organization: LJK Software Date: 1 Jan 2001 10:17:55 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 978362277 216.44.122.34 (Mon, 01 Jan 2001 15:17:57 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 15:17:57 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3508 Date: 2001-01-01T10:17:55-05:00 List-Id: In article <92plgm$ktl13@news.kvaerner.com>, "Tarjei T. Jensen" writes: > > Frode Tenneb� wrote > I'm not sure what type of application you have, however 15 years ago > there were a lot fewer languages than today. C++ was not even thought > of. How many of those languages are alive today? Can you get an > actively maintained compiler for Cobol on a modern platform? What about Compaq Cobol on VMS is actively supported. > Forth? The only laguage I can think of other than Ada and C which has a > active compiler support is Fortran - even Pascal is struggeling. as are Compaq Fortran and Compaq Pascal. I am not sure about Cobol, but in the case of Fortran and Pascal the developers also follow the relevant newsgroups to provide beyond-the-contract advice.