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: 103376,818bb9686cf8adae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Howard W. LUDWIG" Subject: Re: Dec Ditching Ada? Date: 1996/08/22 Message-ID: <321CA3BD.6AD2@ccmail.orl.mmc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 175791648 references: <4vi32h$bu1@jake.esu.edu> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Date: 1996-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Charlie Cole wrote: > > We are installing new systems -- a bunch of high end PCs and some Alpha workstations and > moving to Ada95 as our core teaching language. I was just told by the system administrator > that Digital is discontinuing it's Ada, saying is was not a viable language. Anybody know > about this? Is this the industry trend? > > -- > Charlie Cole -- East Stroudsburg University -- PA Based on presentations by DEC and Rational which I attended, it is my understanding that DEC and Rational have set up a teaming agreement, so that Rational will develop, among other things, an Ada 95 compiler for DEC. Apparently, DEC has decided that Ada 95 toolsets are not a reasonably viable product for them to produce on their own, which is a very different concept from declaring the language itself to not be viable. Both Rational and DEC have said they are commited to Ada, and that Rational is in a better position than DEC to develop such toolsets.