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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a4b7e88a136a681b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Joseph Wisniewski Subject: Re: Implementing Annex E (was: !!! WHERE CAN I FIND A GOOD FREE ADA 83 OR 95 COMPILER FOR MY PC ??? !!!) Date: 1998/10/23 Message-ID: <70r00c$slp$1@nnrp02.primenet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 404434513 References: <362b9f57.1365959@nntp.magic.fr> <70gdb4$bdb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <70i39a$gj0$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@globalcenter.net Organization: Primenet (602)416-7000 X-Posted-By: wisniew@206.165.6.201 (wisniew) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-10-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Business is business. I desperately needed one of the ASIS annexes that, as far as I know, no vendor implemented. At least no one knew of any vendor who did. Rational, in essence told me that it would be too difficult for the potential customer base, which Rational interpreted as "Who has asked us for this." Answer: No one, you are the first. Therefore there is no market. Now that determination of the "market needs" can certainly be debated, the bottom line is the reason some of the annexes don't get implemented is because someone has decided there it isn't worth it. Joe dennison@telepath.com wrote: : In article <70gdb4$bdb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, : dewar@gnat.com wrote: : > It would be really nice to see the other Ada vendors implement all the : > optional annexes. In particular, it would be really nice to see other : > implementations of the distributed systems annex. I think this is a very : > exciting feature of Ada 95 with tremendous potential, but the full potential : > is not realized unless all Ada 95 compilers implement this feature. In : > particular, the distribution annex offers a path for convenient integration : > of Ada programs across multiple machines using different Ada compilers. : Does it really offer that kind of interoprability? According to my reading of : annex E it does not. : But given that no-one else has implemented it yet, there does appear to be : time to create a standard such that it will work across compilers. Is this a : possiblity? If future vendors use GLADE as a base, it doesn't seem like it : would be too tough to accomplish. : -- : T.E.D. : -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- : http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own -- Joe Wisniewski President, Commercial Software Solutions, Ltd. Full Onsite/Offsite Software Engineering Consulting Services Specializing in Embedded RealTime Applications and Training 4403 W. Chama Suite #101 Glendale, Arizona 85310 (Voice) 602-580-4008 888-229-7597 (Fax) 602-580-4010 888-568-8734 wisniew@primenet.com Co-Author: Program Smarter, Not Harder. Get Mission-Critical Projects Right the First Time ISBN: 0-07-021232-5 McGraw-Hill