Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[John DiCamillo]

jcm@hgc.edu (James McKim) writes:
>In article <794827687snz@moorside.demon.co.uk> Alan@moorside.demon.co.uk writes:
>>Is Eiffel widely used? (I don't dispute that it is widely respected).

>Widely used is too strong. It is slowly gaining a following worldwide and
>in fact is probably more heavily used in Europe and Australia than
>in the US. To get a feeling for Eiffel's market penetration take a look
>at the book Object Oriented Applications, edited by Meyer and Nerson,
>published by Prentice Hall. It presents a batch of case studies of real world
>projects completed using Eiffel.  

>>One doesn't hear of much Ada use outside military/US government circles
>>(which, though large, are specialised and to some degree self-contained
>>markets).

>That's my impression as well. Also I have no idea how many Ada95 compilers
>are available at this point.

AFAIK (and I cross-posted to comp.lang.ada to make sure someone would
correct me), the answer is "almost one."  This implementation is the
GNAT (GNu Ada Translator) compiler which supports most, but not quite
all of the Ada95 language.

But the price is right!  (Especially for an Ada compiler!)
-- 
    ciao,
    milo
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    John DiCamillo                        Pinin' for the fjords?
    milod@netcom.com                  What kind of talk is that?

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Garlington KE]

John DiCamillo (milod@netcom.com) wrote:
: >That's my impression as well. Also I have no idea how many Ada95 compilers
: >are available at this point.

: AFAIK (and I cross-posted to comp.lang.ada to make sure someone would
: correct me), the answer is "almost one."  This implementation is the
: GNAT (GNu Ada Translator) compiler which supports most, but not quite
: all of the Ada95 language.

Tartan v5.1 (which should be shipping to all customers by now) is their first
release to include Ada 95 features. Tartan's product line will eventually
support all of Ada 95.

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Ken Garlington                  GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com
F-22 Computer Resources         Lockheed Fort Worth Co.

If LFWC or the F-22 program has any opinions, they aren't telling me.

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[tmoran]

> "almost one."
There at least 'almost three': Gnat, Tartan, RR
Is the first Ada 95 validation suite ready so 'almost' can change
to 'officially validated'?

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Neal Katz]

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>      Subject: Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity) 
>         Date: 23 Mar 1995 22:40:18 GMT 
>         From: l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Garlington KE) 
> Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. 
>   Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++, comp.object, comp.lang.ada 
>   References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 
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> John DiCamillo (milod@netcom.com) wrote: 
> : >That's my impression as well. Also I have no idea how many   
Ada95 compilers 
> : >are available at this point. 
>  
> : AFAIK (and I cross-posted to comp.lang.ada to make sure   
someone would 
> : correct me), the answer is "almost one."  This implementation   
is the 
> : GNAT (GNu Ada Translator) compiler which supports most, but   
not quite 
> : all of the Ada95 language. 
>  
> Tartan v5.1 (which should be shipping to all customers by now)   
is their first 
> release to include Ada 95 features. Tartan's product line will   
eventually 
> support all of Ada 95. 
>  
>   
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> Ken Garlington                  GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com 
> F-22 Computer Resources         Lockheed Fort Worth Co. 
>  
> If LFWC or the F-22 program has any opinions, they aren't   
telling me. 
>  
>   
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There isb a web site http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/  . For those 
who want more info. 
 
NAK 
 p.s. I don't use Ada95 so don't ask me questions. 

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Bill Foote]

(I removed comp.lang.c++ from Newsgroups:)

tmoran@bix.com wrote:
>
> > "almost one."
> There are at least 'almost three': Gnat, Tartan, RR
> Is the first Ada 95 validation suite ready so 'almost' can change
> to 'officially validated'?

Sorry if this is a FAQ for comp.lang.ada (my site doesn't get it,
I'm coming from comp.object), but:

What is the general stance on GC in Ada?  I read the Ada '95 spec,
and was somewhat pleased that it's at least an option, but but an
optional feature that nobody implements hardly counts!  I think I
remember reading that Gnat doesn't support it (although there always
is the Boehm collector)...  How about some of the other compilers?
Is GC generally viewed as a Good Thing in the Ada community, or not?
(Please -- I'm not trying to start a GC flame war...  I'm just
curious what the *general* perception within the Ada community is).

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Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Bruce Geerdes]

>>In article <794827687snz@moorside.demon.co.uk> Alan@moorside.demon.co.uk
>writes:
>>>One doesn't hear of much Ada use outside military/US government circles
>>>(which, though large, are specialised and to some degree self-contained
>>>markets).

I've heard that while Ada is not widely used in the commercial sector of the
U.S., it is quite popular in Europe.  Can anyone verify this?
---
Bruce Geerdes (bgeerdes@rmii.com)

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Oliver E. Cole]

 (tmoran@bix.com) writes:
> There at least 'almost three': Gnat, Tartan, RR
> Is the first Ada 95 validation suite ready so 'almost' can change
> to 'officially validated'?

   Make that 'almost four': OC Systems.

--oec

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Tucker Taft]

Christer Gessler (d94-cge@mumrik.nada.kth.se) wrote:
: > This implementation is the
: > GNAT (GNu Ada Translator) compiler which supports most, but not quite
: > all of the Ada95 language.

: Hmm, could someone please direct me to a document describing Ada95?

Anonymous FTP to sw-eng.falls-church.va.us, in subdirectory

  public/adaic/docs/standard/95lrm_rat/v6.0

you will find the full Ada 95 reference manual and rationale.

If you prefer browsing, try:

  http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/

which has the full Ada 95 reference manual on-line in hypertext format
(and it is on your side of the "pond" ;-).

: <  Christer Gessler    email: d94-cge@nada.kth.se               >
: <  Stockholm, Sweden   www:   http://www.nada.kth.se/~d94-cge/  >

-Tucker Taft  stt@inmet.com
Intermetrics, Inc.

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Paul H. Whittington]

bgeerdes@rmii.com (Bruce Geerdes) wrote: 
> ... 
>I've heard that while Ada is not widely used in the commercial sector of   
>the U.S., it is quite popular in Europe.  Can anyone verify this? 
> ... 
 
Take a look at the Ada WWW Server at http://lglwww.epfl.ch:80/Ada.    
There's quite a number of resources available their to support the use of   
Ada in commercial software development.  Additionally, you should check   
the information available from the Ada Information Clearinghouse (AIC). 
 
TTFN <;-|)

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[Christer Gessler]

> This implementation is the
> GNAT (GNu Ada Translator) compiler which supports most, but not quite
> all of the Ada95 language.

Hmm, could someone please direct me to a document describing Ada95?
--

<  A perfectionist would call a cynic a realist.                >
<  Christer Gessler    email: d94-cge@nada.kth.se               >
<  Stockholm, Sweden   www:   http://www.nada.kth.se/~d94-cge/  >

Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[David Feustel]

 http://lglwww.epfl.ch:80/Ada doesn't work (can't be located).
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Re: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity)

[David Weller]

In article <feustelD6B0p1.D8B@netcom.com>,
David Feustel <feustel@netcom.com> wrote:
> http://lglwww.epfl.ch:80/Ada doesn't work (can't be located).
		       ^^^
		       Drop the ":80" and dont' forget to put a
		       trailing "/" after Ada

Correct URL is:
	http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/


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