From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,524141c627466522 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-20 01:10:43 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.ess.harris.com!rlokerson9.ess.harris.com From: RLOKER01@HARRIS.COM (Robert C. Lokerson) Subject: Re: Experiences/history of Aetech Ada compiler? Message-ID: <19940919111103.RLOKER01@rlokerson9.ess.harris.com> Sender: news@news.ess.harris.com (News account) Nntp-Posting-Host: rlokerson9.ess.harris.com Reply-To: RLOKER01@HARRIS.COM Organization: HARRIS CORPORATION, Palm Bay FL X-Newsreader: FTPNuz (DOS) v1.1c References: <358gnp$1lm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 15:11:10 GMT Date: 1994-09-19T15:11:10+00:00 List-Id: In Article <358gnp$1lm@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> "Dale Stanbrough " says: > Our department has the possibility of supplying students with > the Aetech Ada compiler at a fairly low price (in conjuction with a book). > > I was wondering if anyone has used this compiler and could tell me > of any weaknesses it may have. > > So far it seems to handle things such as generics and tasks ok, but > it does not implement representation clauses at all. > I got their "LearnAda" product about 15 months ago. It is the only ADA compiler I have any (real) experience with. I learned a lot trying to use it. I wrote a few useful tools for other groups around here using it. Its been 7 months since I was able to justify using in in my work. My personal style of programming has evolved into one which uses a lot of arrays of pointers to constant strings of varying lengths. I have not been able to get this compiler to properly construct them unless they are created at run time with the "access" type scheme. This might be ok (and in the ADA spirit) but I wish I could have "all" the initializations happen at elaboration-time. (If thay makes any sense... I don't really consider myself an ADA expert... Much as I would like to be) The editor that comes with LearnAda has a limited source file size, but one can get around that by using another (less-helpful) editor when one encounters that limit. I have not found a meaningful limit to the Compiler Source size. (Hint... After getting around the size limit with another editor... try going back to using the context-sensitive LearnAda Editor.) R.C. LOKERSON (BOB) MAIL ADDRESS: VOICE : 407.729.2257 HARRIS MDSO/MIS/DCC/ATG HARRIS E.S.S. SMTP : RLOKER01@HARRIS.COM BLDG 15/RM 838 P.O. BOX 37 CCMAIL: RLOKER01 PALM BAY, FLORIDA MELBOURNE FL FCC : WA3PKX 32902 HOME : 407.725.8024 (I WROTE IT, NOT MR. HARRIS) "Mache'tes dont kill people, people kill people." NRA (Natl Rwandan Army) D:\RRN