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: 103376,bf43a183ce108291 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-10 13:35:36 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!malgudi.oar.net!witch!mlb!mbayern Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <615@mlb.win.net> References: <9409081234.AA07258@eurocontrol.de> Reply-To: mbayern@mlb.win.net (Mark Bayern) From: mbayern@mlb.win.net (Mark Bayern) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 18:54:24 GMT Subject: Re: Government Policy on Ada Acquisitions Date: 1994-09-10T18:54:24+00:00 List-Id: In article <9409081234.AA07258@eurocontrol.de>, Bob Wells #402 (wel@EUROCONTROL.DE) writes: >Jim Dorman/Thomes wrote: > >> What will be the benefits of the proliferation of free non- >> validated, partially implemented, non-supported, un-maintained Ada >> compilers and libraries? I believe we can logically expect the >> same kind of razor-sharp support from NYU as we get from the Post >> Office. >> > >G'day, >All I can say is that after getting two copies of your demo disk, both >of which didn't work, I not so sure about the razor-sharp support found >in *some* non-socialist compiler vendors. >Bob W. (-: > Well, I got support from AETECH a few years ago. Only after calling and complaining loudly that the stuff I bought simply didn't work, and the documentation wasn't even consistient on a single page! Turned out that the formal definition of the function didn't match the example given on the same page, and the compiler didn't like either one! AETECH ended up sending me the source code for the package specs so I could see how to code the call. I'll take GNU's 'support' any day over what I've gotten from some commercial vendors. (Alsys is good, but does cost big $$'s) Mark