From: Ralph Paul <repaul@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM
Date: 1997/09/16
Date: 1997-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <341F0403.31FF@ibm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.874272343@merv
Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> Ralph Paul says
>
> <<Hold on !! Sun has the HotFlash technology still waiting to used (;-).
> I'm sure everything is going to be great once we get the benefit of this
> stuff>>
>
> Don't get me wrong, I think that the Ada to JVM technology has great
> promise (or we would not be embarking on this project), but the idea
> of using it to get greater portability in avionics applications seems
> pushing things a bit :-)
Just to clarify :
- I think that the Ada95 to JVM stuff is really important
in letting Ada95 ( Aonix and sooner or later GNAT) surf the Java wave
( and offer better solutions in specific problem domains)
For example I was able to influence some managers to consider Ada95 as
a possible standard language for really long term project because they
recognized that there is life besides C++,Fortran due to the Java
buzzword.
( The prospect of using Ada95 compiled apps on the future NC's
isn't bad for business either. (:-) )
- Java is a interesting language and the environnment is a great step
forward towards
portability. ( Being an OS/2 I can attest the small problems people
have
when porting Java stuff from WinXX to other platforms. Just look at
the
different version numbers of the JDK on Mac, WinXX, ... )
- I am just really sick of hearing the SUN people promising the famous
magic silver bullet
every time that they annouce a new Java related product.
( Serious software people/engineers/managers know that good software
is not
created by some "magic bullet" released from Sun-Labs. It's still
serious work by
competent people )
Enough rambling for today and best wishes for a quick completion.
Ralph Paul
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-11 0:00 ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Ralph Paul [this message]
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Ralph Paul
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Jay Han
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` translating to Ada, was " Tom Moran
1997-09-19 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-23 0:00 ` multi-language to JVM compilers? W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-16 0:00 ` ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM Tucker Taft
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-09-15 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-20 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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