Re: More Ashamedness of Ada - this time OBJECT WORLD

[att!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!willett@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (david.c.willett)]

>From article <1992Oct30.210810.2104@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, by mccall@mksol.dseg.t
i.com (fred j mccall 575-3539):
> In <1992Oct30.150426.19736@den.mmc.com> sims@possum.den.mmc.com (John Sims) w
rites:
> 
>>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
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> Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for m
e.

Fred's point is well taken, but I think the momentum might be going the other
way.  That is -- prices for high-horsepower hardware may be falling fast 
enough that it's economical to buy a workstation for which an Ada compiler
already exists.  I'm presuming that you were planning to buy that (X>4)86
wonder anyway.

Dave

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