Re: Affordable Ada Compiler for PC or Mac

[seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net (Michael Feldman)]

In article <1991Jul10.200534.4962@perle.UUCP> stephen@perle.UUCP (Stephen Siu) 
writes:
>
>	I am looking for an Ada compiler for my PC (or my Mac).  Is there one
>around for less than $200 dollars.  I saw some ada compilers for the Mac but 
>the cheapest one goes for $1815 (way too much for me).
>	Please Help!
>
>stephen@perle.uucp

Ah, yes. Once again:

Call Meridian Software Systems at 1-800-221-2522. They have a respectable
Ada system for both PC and Mac. The Mac one is an MPW tool; they bundle
MPW with the system. Student price for both is $149.00; non-student price
(I think) is $299. for PC; not sure about the Mac but $399. may be right.

Gem Technologies (1-800-232-3989) sells a PC system for $149.00 to all.
I like the Meridian one better, mostly because I like its tasking
implementation better, but both compilers are validated and quite mature.
The development shells ("Turbo-like") are both new, developed recently,
but the compilers and linkers inside have been around - in both cases -
for years. The GemTech compiler/linker is really Janus/Ada in a new
wrapper. Their graphics library is a good bit faster than Meridian's.

Mike
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