From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,39e272d357c68416 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: Is Apex dead as an environment for Ada & Java? Date: 1999/12/11 Message-ID: <3852868F.C3671699@do.not.spam.quadruscorp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 559417815 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <11f733ec.57d88b68@usw-ex0107-042.remarq.com> <384127A5.61431A14@dowie-cs.demon.co.uk> <0a0133f8.3baf10c0@usw-ex0101-001.remarq.com> <01a2e3cb.4316300b@usw-ex0101-005.remarq.com> <82638m$cif$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <82s5qs$ocb$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <82sbtj$aia$1@nntp4.atl.mindspring.net> To: Richard D Riehle X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 11 Dec 1999 17:13:40 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Quadrus Corporation Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: mcondic@do.not.spam.quadruscorp.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-11T17:13:40+00:00 List-Id: Richard D Riehle wrote: > Hmmmmm. I wonder how many other companies are still around that are > focused on Ada. Just as ACT is, so is AdaWorks. Perhaps ICC, RR > Software, and OCS. Any others solely devoted to Ada? It would seem to me that it might be beneficial for Ada if a vendor is *not* focused solely on just the one language. If, for example, someone were to purchase a C++ compiler that also came with an Ada front end, then there may be some temptation for the end users to want to tinker with Ada or perhaps take advantage of some of the software available in Ada. Granted, the companies that do this generally sell the front ends as separate options, but at least it is in their advertising literature and the exposure is thus broadened. Consider the advantage GNAT has in that it effectively provides the end user with a C compiler as well as an Ada compiler. Lots of Ada projects still have a need to utilize *some* amount of C (or other language) code. MDC -- ============================================================================================ Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - 1.800.555.3393 1015-116 Atlantic Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 - http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ ============================================================================================