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From: Alain Graziani <graziani@GTSS.RDYNE.ROCKWELL.COM>
Subject: Re: Dec Ditching Ada?
Date: 1996/08/23
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At 06:42 PM 8/22/96 -0500, James Squire wrote:
>Charlie Cole wrote:
>>
>> We are installing new systems -- a bunch of high end PCs and some Alpha
>workstations and
>> moving to Ada95 as our core teaching language.  I was just told by the system
>administrator
>> that Digital is discontinuing it's Ada, saying is was not a viable language.
>Anybody know
>> about this?  Is this the industry trend?
>
>Yes, DEC has declined to enter the Ada 95 market directly, but no, this
>is not an industry trend.  In fact, DEC is working with another vendor
>(I think I know who, but will decline until I am absolutely sure) who
>will provide DEC's Ada 95 solution - at least that's what I heard they
>were intending to do.

[snipped]

Rational Corp is the vendor which is replace DEC's Ada95 compiler.  But as
of a couple months ago Rational didn't have the Ada95 compiler ready yet for
VMS, VAX or Alpha.

Alain Graziani
graziani@gtss.rdyne.rockwell.com
Rocketdyne Division, Rockwell International