From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_05 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 30 Oct 92 21:08:10 GMT From: saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti .com!mksol!mccall@ames.arc.nasa.gov (fred j mccall 575-3539) Subject: Re: More Ashamedness of Ada - this time OBJECT WORLD Message-ID: <1992Oct30.210810.2104@mksol.dseg.ti.com> List-Id: In <1992Oct30.150426.19736@den.mmc.com> sims@possum.den.mmc.com (John Sims) wri tes: >And wasn't it the early mid 80s before >reasonable compilers came out? The first REASONABLE compiler I remember was in around late 1984 or early 1985 on a Data General machine. I never personally used it, but I do remember people complaining that the environment was, uh, ARCANE. The world has changed much since then, and for the better. Now if only they can get the PRICES down for 'full-up' Ada compilers, particularly for PC-class machines and under UNIX/POSIX. Perhaps that would finally make it take off. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.