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,d56e9913688a6bbb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-29 09:27:24 PST Path: swrinde!gatech!darwin.sura.net!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Meridian v4.1.1 ???? Date: 29 Jan 1995 12:02:23 -0500 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <3gghmv$cdh@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: <3gcaf8$p76@lainet2.lainet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Date: 1995-01-29T12:02:23-05:00 List-Id: In article <3gcaf8$p76@lainet2.lainet.com>, wrote: >I am a computer science student and I am trying to locate Meridian's ADA >Compiler and Bamp v4.1.1 >This is what they are using in our lab. Any information or help locating >these programs would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > Rational/Verdix/Meridian has turned these over to the book publisher, D.C. Heath. Students can buy the Meridian OpenAda compiler from D.C. Heath. Call them at 1-800-334-3284. Tell the operator you are placing a #1-PREFER order. PC versions Five 3 1/2" disks plus documentation (35629-8) Nine 5 1/4" disks plus documentation (34139-8) Mac version 12 disks plus documentation (35630-1) I don't know the exact pricing. It is $49 for bookstores. I think it is $69 plus shipping and tax for individuals. And I think that they ship UPS ground. Might be able to pay extra for faster shipping. It is quite reasonable for Rational to have made this move; indeed, Meridian should have ceased being a onesies retailer years ago. However: (1) the turnover to D.C. Heath is one of the world's best-kept secrets. Rational could have made a big deal of this, or at least a small public announcement in the usual places; (2) this arrangement covers only the low-end DOS compiler and the Mac one. The status of the high end OpenAda compilers, including the Windows one, is unclear at best. A recent post to this group quoted someone at Rational to the effect that these products are dead, and cannot be had even on an unsupported basis. I have not checked with Rational pn the correctness of that quote. IMHO, Rational would do us all a favor by putting out an authoritative, quotable statement saying in plain English what is going on. Mike Feldman