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From: Ralph Paul <repaul@ibm.net>
Subject: Re: ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES GNAT-TO-JAVA SYSTEM
Date: 1997/09/16
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Date: 1997-09-16T00:00:00+00:00
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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