From: Ken Garlington <garlingtonke@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: next "big" language?? (disagree)
Date: 1996/06/06
Date: 1996-06-06T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31B6C6EA.1754@lmtas.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.833925143@schonberg
Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> " _Any_ platform? You mean I could fire it up on my little 68020-powered
> Mac with its expansive 4MB of memory and galactic 80MB hard drive and
> enjoy the full benefits of Ada's rich set of features? Or is there a
> cost to having a language that does everything, an environment that does
> everything, and a compiler that does everything?"
>
> No, you cannot run Ada on arbitrary obsolete machines, but you certainly
> can run Ada on typical current Mac's and PC's. You actually aren't too
> far away from being able to run Ada on your machine. Buy a bit more
> memory and an external drive, and there is a 68K version of Mac/Ada
Actually, given the original spec (Mac 68020 with 4MB of memory,
80MB hard drive) you _can_ run Ada _83_. I know; I did for years on my MacII,
which is a 68020-class machine with 4MB of memory and 40MB of memory (using
Meridian). For obsolete machines, you should obviously use obsolete Ada. :)
Then, once you come to your senses and buy a new Mac, you can have a new Ada
to go with it, which should allow you to reuse a lot of your 83 code.
The _real_ question is: When I upgrade, do I want to spend more time building
native applications with GNAT, or applets with AppletMagic?
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1996-06-04 0:00 ` next "big" language?? (disagree) Peter Hermann
1996-06-04 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-06-04 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Michael David WINIKOFF
1996-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-06 0:00 ` Ken Garlington [this message]
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Help making ada pretty CSC Trusted Systems Group
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Sandy McPherson
1996-06-19 0:00 ` Ruediger Berlich
1996-06-05 0:00 ` next "big" language?? (disagree) Ian Ward
1996-06-05 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-06-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-08 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-06-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-05 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-06-06 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-06-07 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-06-08 0:00 ` O'Connor
1996-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-10 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-06-11 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Chris Warack <sys mgr>
1996-06-11 0:00 ` David Weller
1996-06-11 0:00 ` James_Rogers
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Kevin J. Weise
1996-06-11 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-06-12 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <4p60nk$imd@euas20.eua.ericsson.se>
[not found] ` <4p8lmq$oq7@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>
1996-06-11 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-11 0:00 ` A. Grant
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-17 0:00 ` A. Grant
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-06-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Simon Read
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-06-24 0:00 ` hopkinc
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Lars Duening
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Assertions (was: Re: next "big" language?? (disagree)) Robert A Duff
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Assertions (a different intent?) Gary McKee
[not found] ` <4qrljg$15l8@watnews1.watson.ibm.com>
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Assertions (was: Re: next "big" language?? (disagree)) Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` next "big" language?? (disagree) Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Marc C. Brooks
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Marc C. Brooks
[not found] ` <4qsbm7$r1s@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
1996-06-28 0:00 ` "Assert"? "Assume"? (was: next "big" language?? (disagree)) Alexander Bunkenburg
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Ian Collier
1996-07-01 0:00 ` Cameron Laird
1996-06-25 0:00 ` next "big" language?? (disagree) Brian Nettleton @pulsar
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-30 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-06-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-25 0:00 ` Darin Johnson
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-06-26 0:00 ` A. Grant
1996-06-12 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-12 0:00 ` A. Grant
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-06-12 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-06-13 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-13 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-14 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Assertions (an heretic view) Michel Gauthier
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-06-06 0:00 ` next "big" language?? (disagree) Dale Pontius
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Help making ada pretty Pedro de las Heras
1996-06-18 0:00 ` next "big" language?? (disagree) ++ robin
1996-06-07 0:00 Ian Ward
1996-06-08 0:00 ` O'Connor
1996-06-10 0:00 ` Matt Kennel
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Robb Nebbe
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-06-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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