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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-03 03:12:21 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!ibmpcug!kate.ibmpcug.co.uk!scribendum!stephenb Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Message-ID: <589@scribendum.win-uk.net> References: <1994Nov29.154220.27952@cognos.com> Reply-To: stephenb@scribendum.win-uk.net (Stephen Benson) From: stephenb@scribendum.win-uk.net (Stephen Benson) Date: Sat, 03 Dec 1994 09:49:00 GMT Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8226 comp.lang.c:33170 comp.programming:5586 comp.lang.c++:39390 comp.object:9364 Date: 1994-12-03T09:49:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , An Amoeba (bromlegb@aston.ac.uk) writes: >Why should they bother?? > . . . . >iii) Support. Virtually every computer system in the world has a C++ compiler, >and it is being updated continually. Because that is where all the money is. >Not every computer system in the world has Ada on it, plus most will not be >powerful enough to run it. Plus the cost of the respective compilers. C++ >compilers, are cheaper than Ada ones. On all if not the majority of platforms. > I know little of Ada... but isn't Gnu/gcc about to support it? I think I've seen news to this effect. Which would make it cheap, widely disseminated and constantly updated... -- : stephen benson : : : : : : : : stephenb@scribendum.win-uk.net