Re: OpenAda

["David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>]

Hi John,
Just one small correction.  Meridian merged with Verdix in about 1993, and
Verdix merged with Rational in 1994.
Last time I talked to them the (former) Meridian folks were handling sales
and some development on the VADS NT product.  Whether this is still true, I
don't know.
-- 
David C. Hoos, Sr.,
http://www.dbhwww.com
http://www.ada95.com

John Herro <johnherro@aol.com> wrote in article
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> "Whistler" <conde@ucla.edu> wrote
> > I desperately need Open Ada PC ...
> > It is an Ada compiler.  Whatever that
> > is. ... Anyone who knows where I can
> > get it, and what it's for, please e-mail me
>      An Ada compiler is a program that translates the Ada programming
> language to the language of your machine, in this case a PC, so that it
> can run programs written in Ada.  Ada is, in my opinion, the very best
> programming language because it's less error prone than other programming
> languages.
>      Meridian Software Systems, who made Open Ada PC, no longer exists. 
> However, the Open Ada PC compiler is now sold by D.C. Heath Co., 2700 N.
> Richardt Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46219-1186 for $66.67 plus tax and
> shipping.
> Phone 800-334-3284, 800-428-8071, 317-359-5585, or 617-862-6650,
> fax 800-824-7390.
>      For more information about Ada, visit the Web or FTP site below my
> signature and download my Ada Tutor program.
>      You'll like programming in Ada, and you'll find the people here in
> comp.lang.ada eager to help.
> - John Herro
> Software Innovations Technology
> http://members.aol.com/AdaTutor
> ftp://members.aol.com/AdaTutor
>