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-Thread: 103376,77d4a86fa05b2ae0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed2.easynews.com!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!newsfeed1.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is Ada on VAX/VMS Ada 95 Date: 27 Jun 2006 09:59:54 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: <5VSlJvB8SZ3t@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <1151342831.094972.295360@y41g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> <1151412502.125088.213180@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1151420359 31639 192.135.80.34 (27 Jun 2006 14:59:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:59:19 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5068 Date: 2006-06-27T09:59:54-05:00 List-Id: In article <1151412502.125088.213180@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>, "Chris L" writes: > > Larry Kilgallen wrote: >> If you want an Ada 95 implementation on the VMS operating system, >> use GNAT Ada 95 for Alpha VMS. It has many of the VMS-specific >> capabilities of the original VAX Ada. > > I will not be on the VAX for a few months. Is the GNAT Ada 95 compiler > already on the VAX or do I have to buy and install it? The GNAT Ada 95 is not available for VAX at all. It is available for Alpha VMS, which runs on the Alpha hardware. That said, some shops imprecisely refer to any machine running the VMS operating system as being a "VAX". I figure they are not the type of shops to choose strongly typed languages :-)