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: 103376,5d0710159aafd704 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-31 19:06:43 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!news.mathworks.com!udel!darwin.sura.net!gwu.edu!gwu.edu!not-for-mail From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Book Date: 31 Jan 1995 22:06:43 -0500 Organization: George Washington University Message-ID: <3gmts3$kmg@felix.seas.gwu.edu> References: <3g7iff$96i@panix.com> <3ggitn$dvm@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3gh8t9$cak@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.9.3 Date: 1995-01-31T22:06:43-05:00 List-Id: In article , Jean D. Ichbiah wrote: >What made compilation simpler is the evolution of machines. When we >delivered our first PC compiler (in 1986) the average machine had 1MB of >memory so that we had to bundle a 4MB board with the compiler. Four >years later, this was no longer necessary since, with the spread of >Windows, the smallest machine on the market came with the >needed 4MB. Exactly, Jean! The hardware has caught up to Ada. I think Ada was just slightly ahead of its time.:-) So now, just when the default PC is (say) 50MHz, (say) 4 mb RAM, and (say) 200 mb HD, for scarcely more than $1000., this is when Rational decides to abandon its DOS compilers (except for the low-end model sold now by D.C. Heath). Smart. At least Alsys is still in the game. Mike Feldman