Re: ? A 'pocket' Ada please?

[Jeff Carter <carter@spam.innocon.com>]

John Herro wrote:
> 
> Alexander Yakovlev <ayakv@glas.apc.org> writes:
> > Could someone plese give me a pointer to a
> > small 16-bit DOS implementation of Ada (I
> > have seen an ancient Artek Ada ... )?
> 
> Much better than Artek Ada is the once-validated Meridian Open Ada (83),
> now available from D.C. Heath in Indianapolis, 800-334-3284.  I've used it
> on a pocket computer with a 2MB SRAM card configured as a disk drive,
> and *no* real disk drives, floppy or otherwise!  It runs great on a 7MHz
> 8086/8088.
> 
> Artek Ada was a subset (never validated), and it had bugs, especially in
> the Native Code Translator.  Although I produced the very first version of
> my Ada Tutor program with it, I gave up on Artek Ada a long time ago.
> 
> R.R. Software's (800-722-3248) Janus Ada for DOS also runs great on
> an XT, but I don't know if it's still available.
> 
> - John Herro
> Software Innovations Technology
> http://members.aol.com/AdaTutor
> ftp://members.aol.com/AdaTutor

Note, though, that both of these are Ada-83 compilers. The poster asked
for "Ada", which, as we all know, refers to the current standard, Ada
95. I'm unaware of any such beast.
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