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From: pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada software archive ??
Message-ID: <10370@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 14 Jan 90 04:29:40 GMT
References: <50668@bbn.COM> <14860@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
Summary: MIT => NYU?
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In article <14860@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, chouc@mist.cs.orst.edu (Chou Chung-Di) writes:
> 
>    In following up message by Koolish@bbn.com (Dick Koolish) regarding the
> request of info on archive Ada on SIMTEL20, I would like to ask if someone
> knows how to get the MIT public domain Ada compiler on PC-based machines,
> please let me know. Thanks.

I am unaware of an MIT PD Ada compiler, but NYU sells one for about $50 (as
of 1987 - my last contact with them).  Write Ada Project, New York
University, Courant Institute, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY  10012.
The compiler is very slow, and I don't think much development has been put
into it over the last few years (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

A much better deal, recently announced, would be to purchase Meridian's
AdaStudent for $50.  Without turning this too much into a plug, it is their
full Ada compiler (Real Mode only) + Debugger, but without their DOS or
AdaUtility packages, and without the ability to distribute code across
multiple libraries (although instructors can get a special diskette to set up
multiple libraries for students).

Rich Pattis