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,fd3a5ba6349a6060 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@gnat.com Subject: Re: should I be interested in ada? Date: 1999/02/21 Message-ID: <7aniep$mam$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 446537330 References: <7a72e6$g55$1@probity.mcc.ac.uk> <01be5cd6$9c593000$b132e8c3@hup-pc> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x9.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 129.37.79.86 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Sun Feb 21 00:02:37 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-02-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <01be5cd6$9c593000$b132e8c3@hup-pc>, "Hartmut H. Schaefer" wrote: > But there are also other compiler vendors like AONIX, > GNAT, RR Software, Green Hills, .... which might support > other platforms. There is, to my knowledge, no Ada vendor called GNAT :-) No doubt Helmut meant to say Ada Core Technologies. ACT specializes in providing 100% complete implementations of both native and cross-systems and is the only vendor that can supply 100% complete implementations of Ada 95, including all the optional annexes. These complete implementations are available for many systems, including all those that Helmut mentioned, as well as several others, including x86 Linux, Alpha VMS, NT/Interix, x86 Solaris, and OS/2. All these are fully supported by Ada Core Technologies, check our web site (www.gnat.com) for details. In general good advice is to go check the Web sites of all major Ada vendors. For a complete set of Ada vendor names, see the list of validated compilers, also a useful source of direct information. The bottom line here is that good Ada 95 compilers are available for virtually all commonly used systems. Note that the lists above did not include cross systems, but here too there are many choices (for example, VxWorks/PPC is available from at least four vendors). On most, but not all systems, multiple different compilers are available from different vendors, allowing you to choose the one most suitable for your use. Furthermore this level of competition keeps the Ada 95 market lively, and all vendors are constantly improving their offerings. At this stage, availability of compilers is not an issue in adopting Ada 95! Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies P.S. this is a bit close to an ad, I know, but it seemed appropriate to respond to the Rational post, which was also a bit close. The distinction between information and advertisements is not always clear! Perhaps we should have a kind of joint "advertisement FAQ", that would contain such notes from all vendors :-) Perhaps the other vendors will also provide similar posts, and we can put them all together to make that FAQ entry! -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own