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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing
Date: 1999/11/02
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In article <381DE427.4A04F864@maths.unine.ch>,
  Gautier <Gautier.deMontmollin@maths.unine.ch> wrote:

> I disagree: when you already are under Windows, you don't have
> to pay for it - hum... unless you buy Plus!(c), the latest
> updates, the upgrade, the RAM necessary to make the upgrade
> run decently, the...

That's a bit of a bizarre comment, since it applies to any
operating system environment. In particular, if you are already
under MachTen, then the same is true of MachTen, so what's your
point???

> > The only really free solution in the PC world is
> > to run GNAT on GNU Linux :-)
>
> There is a second one: Lineo DR-DOS and GNAT/DOS (DJGPP)...
> of course not so strong, but with a true, concurrent
> multitasking kernel...
> http://www.lineo.com/products/drdos.html

I did not realize that the Lineo DR-DOS was a free software
product, under what license is the source code released?

> About the Mac: I have the impression that Apple doesn't like
> the idea of people programming their machines.
> They seem to prefer to separate the "grand public" from
> the elite of programmers. The latter ones developing software
> for the
> first ones are meant to be professional gurus who will have
> access
> to sacred documents, tools to transform a Mac into a computer,
> eventually a compiler if they pay enough...

Another bizarre statement, development for the MAC has always
been very straightforward, and the documentation is excellent.
I would far rather develop for Mac OS than Windows given the
choice from a purely technical point of view.

Are you speaking from experience?

One remarkable indication of how well development for the Mac
is organized is the amazingly trouble free transition from
the 68K to the PPC. Sure, not completely trouble free, but
for a major change in architecture, it is remarkable how
quickly most major apps got converted.

I would be surprised if the transition from the Pentium to
the Itanium is so smooth :-)




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