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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fe29a1488f32d75e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: Ada -- a popular language? Date: 1997/04/19 Message-ID: <5jc0ko$46g@felix.seas.gwu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 236069181 References: <01bc45df$10fa6480$d27d8ea1@AaBbCcDd> <5ivrre$en0@gcsin3.geccs.gecm.com> <3354C73E.54B@lmtas.lmco.com> Organization: George Washington University Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert Dewar wrote: >I have seen the Walnut Creek Ada CD ROM in a retail store, I can't remember >the price, but it was much less than that, and that CD ROM includes many >versions of GNAT, including the nicely packaged one from Mike Feldman >that runs on DOS with a beginners type interface. The 2-disk CD ROM set from Walnut Creek retails for $39.95. I have also seen it in computer stores here in the DC area. I'm pretty sure Computer Literacy Bookshop sells it; you can also order it direct from Walnut Creek, info@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com. A new edition just came out in March. The "nicely packaged one" [GNAT] for DOS is also available by ftp ftp://ftp.seas.gwu.edu/pub/ada/ez2load, as well as from PAL, NYU, and all the various mirror sites. As an indication of its accessibility and (I guess) popularity, our ftp server statistics at GW show 50-100 copies of ez2load being transferred per week or so. This same "package" is on the CD; indeed, we really created the package for the CD. I don't think anyone can claim anymore that price is an entry barrier to using Ada; as has been pointed out ad nauseam, GNAT is in wide use for both exploratory and "serious" use on nearly every platform. Mike Feldman i