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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE,
	MSGID_SHORT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site loral.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcc6!loral!ian
From: ian@loral.UUCP (Ian Kaplan)
Newsgroups: net.lang.ada,net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Availability of Ada on a PC
Message-ID: <714@loral.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 22:27:28 EST
Article-I.D.: loral.714
Posted: Thu Dec 13 22:27:28 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:59:17 EST
Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
Xref: watmath net.lang.ada:138 net.micro:8907 net.micro.pc:3002
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>


   I am thinking of doing a book on advanced programming techniques 
   (operating system kernal sorts of things).  Such a book would be used by
   upper division college students and others wishing to learn advanced
   software techniques.  I plan to supply the source for all the software
   discussed in the book on a disk to be supplied with the book.  For such 
   a project I need a systems level implementation langauge.  I do not want 
   to use C, for reasons which should be clear to anyone interested in Ada.
   Pascal is not a possibility for because standard Pascal would not serve 
   the purpose and mutant Pascal is not standard.  My other alternatives
   are Modula-2 and Ada.

   My question for you out in net land is: does there exist an Ada
   implementation which will run on the IBM PC, PC/XT or Fat MacIntosh.
   I do not expect fully validated MIL-STD Ada, but I need an
   implementation which will allow me to write real systems software in
   real Ada.  The compiler and associated packages should not cost more 
   than $500 and should not compile much slower than 50 lines/min.

   Modula-2 meets the above criteria, but I thought that I would look into
   Ada before making a final decision.  If there is sufficient response I
   will sumarize for the net.

   Thanks in advance,

			 Ian Kaplan
			 Loral Data Flow Group
			 Loral Instrumentation

		 USENET: ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc6!loral!ian
		 ARPA:   sdcc6!loral!ian@UCSD        

		US Mail: 8401 Aero Dr.
			 San Diego, CA
			 92123