From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 23 Sep 93 10:20:53 GMT From: agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!yorkohm!minster!ken@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: Current state of Ada 9X compilers...? Message-ID: <748779653.19043@minster.york.ac.uk> List-Id: Michael Feldman (mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu) wrote: : In article groleau@e7sa.crd.ge.com (Wes Grolea u x1240 C73-8) writes: : >In article <27hagd$7qc@klaava.Helsinki.FI> stickler@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Patr ic M Stickler) writes: : >>In article <1993Sep18.163712.8933@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> blaak@csri.toron to.edu (Raymond Blaak) writes: : >>>P.S. The GNAT project may just be the best thing that has happened for Ada . : >>Ok, we have one strong vote of interest. Any others? ;-) : > : >Some will say that GNAT may be the worst thing--because vendors, unable to : >compete with "free" will drop out. I disagree. I suspect that "winning : >converts" to Ada will help the vendors even if "competition" from GNAT : >undercuts them. The reason is that many companies don't trust "free-ware" : >and may buy commercial products once someone or something convinces them Ada : >is not a joke. : My discussions with vendor folks suggest that Wes is right. GNAT will : serve as exellent propaganda for Ada9X and will help the vendors by taking : some heat off them while they get it right for their desired customer : bases. Meanwhile, the rest of us can enjoy GNAT, and even hack on it : because we have the source code. I really believe GNAT is win/win/win. I agree totally. Besides, vendors can concentrate on programming environment tools: something lacking in most compiler implementations. I played with the Rational environment back in '87 and it was wonderful. This was in the days before windowing interfaces, so there is even more potential for the production of a decent development environment running on top of GNAT. -- Ken Tindell Internet : ken@minster.york.ac.uk Computer Science Dept., Local FTP site: minster.york.ac.uk University of York, Tel. : +44-904-433244 YO1 5DD, UK Fax. : +44-904-432708 -- "The Gulf War won't be like a Rambo film; it will be long, bloody and terrible"