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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c397a9e135b263db X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-07 18:05:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws06.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.70!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B708F76.95A7278A@NOSPAMcompaq.com> From: Charlie McCutcheon X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What happens to DEC Ada? References: <9ff447f2.0107310659.36d01e9@posting.google.com> <3B66D935.49B6BFD3@canal-plus.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 01:05:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.156.233 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 997232700 66.31.156.233 (Tue, 07 Aug 2001 21:05:00 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 21:05:00 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11562 Date: 2001-08-08T01:05:00+00:00 List-Id: Actually, the latest release is Compaq Ada V3.5A for OpenVMS VAX and Alpha. We still support it. For comments on furtures (how long we'll support it), contact the product manager, Pat.Mulvey@compaq.com Charlie Compaq Ada Thierry Lelegard wrote: > > I wonder what has happened to DEC Ada after COMPAQ acquired DEC. Does > > anyone have some info? > > The product still exists. The current version is "Compaq Ada V3.5". > It is no longer supported on Digital/Tru64 UNIX. It is still supported > on OpenVMS (both VAX and Alpha) but support will terminate in the next > few years and the product will be abandonned. > > DEC Ada is still an Ada83 compiler and will never support Ada95. > For Ada95 on OpenVMS, Compaq recommends GNAT. > > -Thierry > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > Thierry Lelegard, "The Jazzing Troll", Email: thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr > CANAL+ Technologies, 34 place Raoul Dautry, 75906 Paris Cedex 15, France > Tel: +33 1 71 71 54 30 Fax: +33 1 71 71 52 08 Mobile: +33 6 03 00 65 75 > ____________________________________________________________________________