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From: john.mccabe@emrad.com.nospam (John McCabe)
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Subject: Re: Inexpensive Developer Level Commercial ADA compiler
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 08:39:37 GMT
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 01:17:55 GMT, James Rogers
<jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>William Forbes wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> Is there an inexpensive ($300 or less) developer level commercial ADA
>> compiler?
>> I have searched the internet for nearly a week and can't find something
>> I can
>> afford.  And I don't like time-limited and feature-limited "free
>> trials."
>
>That depends upon what you mean by "developer level". If you mean
>you want online support included for $300 or less, then you are out
>of luck. Of course, this problem is not just an Ada limitation.
>You are out of luck with compiler vendors for all other languages
>also.

I may be completely wrong, but my first assumption on reading
William's question was that he's interested in something like an Ada
version of the MS VC++, or Inprise C++ Builder type of thing.

>From my experience I would guess ObjectAda's about the closest to
that, but probably too expensive for the professional edition, and
the Special Edition is (or at least, was) feature-limited.