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=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 30 Oct 92 23:23:44 GMT From: att!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!willett@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (david.c.willett) Subject: Re: More Ashamedness of Ada - this time OBJECT WORLD Message-ID: <1992Oct30.232344.5754@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> List-Id: >>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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > 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 -- It's kinda like a Lost and Found in a border town You're askin' 'bout a diamond ring They just look at you like you've lost your mind