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In article <3755@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (David Palmer) writes:
>
>I consider any
>compiler usable if it doesn't require an inordinate amount of time
>to compile, where I define inordinate based on past experience
>with other languages.  Of course, it also helps if I don't need a full
>page display terminal to understand a short segment of code.
>(Verbose is NOT a synonym for rich.)

You've just described Meridian's Ada.  I have it running on my AT&T
PC 6300 (640K RAM), and it compiles and links in roughly the same
time as Microsoft's C and Pascal systems.  Maybe Turbo* is faster,
but this is fast enough!  And if you know how to write modular code,
a 25 line crt is quite sufficient to apprehend a meaningful code
segment.  If you don't, then remind me not to hire you to write
code for any product which requires maintenance and upgrades.