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From: pontius@twonky.btv.ibm.com (Dale Pontius)
Subject: Re: GNAT 3.03 for OS/2
Date: 1996/03/25
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Date: 1996-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <dewar.827529052@schonberg>, dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:

> No, it is just not done yet. We have very few customers for the OS/2
> version, so it is not high priority. Indeed it would be even lower in

How do you measure 'very few customers'? Is it in downloads of the
compiler? hits on some web site? or Paying Customers?

How does one become a Paying Customer of ACT? As I've said before, I'm
in a bit of a Catch-22 regarding buying a compiler, but it may be
worth a try. Perhaps after I get my current project running better I
can pursuade someone.

The OS/2 world is rather language-poor. Outside of C/C++, there are a
few commercial Pascal extensions, a few Modula-2's, a Modula-3, maybe
Eiffel soon, etc. As for workstation (AIX) <--> OS/2 portability,
there are only a few options, and Ada may well be the best of them.

Thanks,
Dale Pontius
(NOT speaking for IBM)