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=0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 14 Jun 93 22:51:20 GMT From: waikato.ac.nz!pdenize@decwrl.dec.com Subject: PC Ada compiler wanted for University Message-ID: <1993Jun15.105120.17286@waikato.ac.nz> List-Id: Last year I lectured a third year paper on Software Engineering. As an exercise language we targeted Ada. Due to a desire to move away from the VAX platform by our department, I was forced to choose and alternative language which we already had resources for. As the students all knew Modula-2, I decided that they might benefit from using a language with few safety nets, so I made them all program in C this year (BIG MISTAKE). I would like to return to Ada and would like to hear about what others might feel is an appropriate teaching compiler, considering cost, resources and user interface. We will have to target the PC's in 1994, so I am looking specifically I am familiar with both VAX Ada and Alsys Ada and have found both very good (but at $28,000 per copy for Alsys - its out of the question). I have an article for Open Ada at US$495 but I have been unable to contact them yet. Can anyone recommend any other reasonable Ada compilers with perhaps Site/Tertiary Licences. Paul Denize -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Denize Internet: PDenize@Waikato.ac.nz Department of Computer Science University of Waikato phone: ++64 7 8562-889 Hamilton Ext 8743 NEW ZEALAND fax : ++64 7 8560-135 --------------------------------------------------------------------------