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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,9d58048b8113c00f X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,2e71cf22768a124d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,9d58048b8113c00f X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,2e71cf22768a124d X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public From: Ken Garlington Subject: Re: next "big" language?? (disagree) Date: 1996/06/06 Message-ID: <31B6C6EA.1754@lmtas.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 158818129 references: <4p0fdd$4ml@news.atlantic.net> <4p1l65$35qi@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Date: 1996-06-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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? -- LMTAS - "Our Brand Means Quality"