Re: Meridian Ada Compiler Evaluation

[aio!sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov!yow@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Bill Yow)]

In article <1991Sep11.160048.3744@milton.u.washington.edu>, mfeldman@milton.u.w
ashington.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
|> In article <9109101316.AA04145@lanmail.NCSC.NAVY.MIL> Brown_John@LANMAIL.NCS
C.NAVY.MIL writes:
|> >Mark Hutchison [CSC] writes:
|> >>I'm taking an Ada class at the local university.  They point you at 
|> >>the Meridian Ada compiler for an IBM PC for $91.
|> >>
|> >>Is it worth it?
|> [stuff deleted]
|> 
|> >>
|> >for I/O and for DOS services, and generics.  All in all, it met our 
|> >needs for the class and was a buy at $150.  (I don't know what the 
|> >current price is.)
|> >
|> The current "onesies" price is still $149. for students. Meridian gives
|> reductions to students at schools that've bought a site license for
|> school-owned machines.
|> 
|> We've used this compiler - in successive versions - for about 4 years
|> at both George Washington Univ. (my permanent home) and the Univ. of
|> Washington (where I'm visiting). Decent, stable system. Certainly
|> worth its price. For full 386 support you need to pay much bigger
|> bucks.

For the next two months the Meridian 386 Compiler is available for $500.

This includes the real mode compiler, 286 protected mode compiler and
a true 32 bit 386 protected mode compiler. 

After two months the price goes to $1695,  which is still less than what I
paid for my Meridian compiler in 1988.  Of course I also paid $1400 for 4 meg o
f
ram in 1988.  (I just bought another 4 meg for $210.00)


|> 
|> Mike Feldman
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