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In article <36@sarin.UUCP> eric@sarin.UUCP (Eric Beser sys admin) writes:
>
>   Working in an industrial environment, and having used Ada, I do not see
>how the "size" of a compiler matters in producing code that is efficient,
>that is easily maintainable, and documentable....
>
>		... Toolsets are now usable. In fact, you can buy a 
>validate Ada compiler for the IBM PC-XT (Meridian) that does not require
>extra memory, is somewhat expensive (700.00), but not the $3000.00 that
>the leading pc vendor charges.

Sounds really great.  When does LightspeedAda come out for the Macintosh?
I'd like to fit the whole system on a 500Mbyte RAMdisk and be able to
recompile my programs and start them running in 3 seconds from editor
to application.

No? then I guess I'll have to stick with Borland's TurboAda, not quite
as good, of course, but you can't have everything.  I consider any
compiler usable if it doesn't require an inordinate amount of time
to compile, where I define inordinate based on past experience
with other languages.  Of course, it also helps if I don't need a full
page display terminal to understand a short segment of code.
(Verbose is NOT a synonym for rich.)

		David Palmer
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