From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: What ada 83 compiler is *best*
Date: 1998/12/09
Date: 1998-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1998Dec9.092835.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 74kuja$72s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
In article <74kuja$72s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dewarr@my-dejanews.com writes:
> In article <1998Dec8.174032.1@eisner>,
> Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
>> I have yet to find supported Ada95 compilers for:
>>
>> MVS Popular, Currently available
>> OS400 Popular, Currently available
>> HP-MPE Currently available
>> VAX/VMS Popular, Currently available
>> Macintosh 68K Popular
>> Alpha NT Currently available
>>
>> Giving Ada95 an answer of "Yes" for question 1 seems
> dubious to me.
>
>
> The MVS and OS400 entries seem a fair point. The issue
> here of course is simply lack of interest. What after all
> is interesting in fact is not whether there are compilers
> for all machines, but rather whether lack of compilers is
> ever an issue. Lack of Ada 95 compilers on MVS and OS400
> is simply not an issue, since no one is interested at the
> current time.
<snip>
> Again, I think the interesting thing here is that we are
> now at a stage where lack of compilers is not a significant
> factor in Ada 95 usage. Yes, there are some machines which
> still don't have Ada 95 support, but this reflects more of
> a lack of significant interest in Ada 95 on that target
> than anything else.
I do not disagree about the extent to which a lack of compilers
affects Ada popularity. I do not disagree that lack of Ada 95 usage
affects the availability of compilers. The statement with which I
was disagreeing was that Ada95 was available on "all popular and
currently available" operating systems. Ada advocacy should be
tempered by accuracy so as to distinguish it from the rest of the
computer industry. :-)
Larry Kilgallen
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Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-12-03 0:00 What ada 83 compiler is *best* Rick Thorne
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Gautier
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-09 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-09 0:00 ` John McCabe
1998-12-08 0:00 ` David Gillon
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Roga Danar
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Roga Danar
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-12-11 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-09 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
1998-12-09 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-03 0:00 ` marc j bejerano
1998-12-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-04 0:00 ` Ada rotting? (was: What ada 83 compiler is *best*) Roga Danar
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-07 0:00 ` David Botton
1998-12-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
[not found] ` <366D6BF8.B1F4C1C0@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-09 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-07 0:00 ` What ada 83 compiler is *best* Jeff Carter
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1998-12-08 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-11-18 0:00 Nobody
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Rick Thorne
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Gautier de Montmollin
1998-11-18 0:00 ` dennison
1998-12-03 0:00 ` Roga Danar
1998-11-18 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-11-21 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-21 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-21 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-11-19 0:00 ` whiter5195
1998-11-23 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
[not found] ` <36534040.F30A5E5B@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
1998-11-21 0:00 ` Steve Kerr
1998-11-21 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-11-21 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1998-11-22 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
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