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From: Scott Ingram` <scott@silver.jhuapl.edu>
Subject: Re: Customer balks at Ada -- any hope?
Date: 2000/07/18
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Scott Ingram` wrote:

> o As far as FWWs go, there is always GNAT.  And anywhere Linux
> goes, so will GNAT.  That may not cover ALL platforms, but I currently
> use GNAT to do maintenance on an Ada83 16bit platform that is not
> supported either by GNAT or GCC.  Its not the future that worries me,

The embedded target is not supported by its original Aonix compiler.
And while I am a GNATnik who piddles on Linux...I have no problem
choosing ANY Ada vendor who gives me the support that I need...Now
if only I could convince my boss that Ada is more cost effective than that
C crap she insists that I write, she might go for it!