Re: Assembly language (was: Re: Another 1.3 wish.)

[ESC1332@ESOC.BITNET ("K.Keyte")]

With regards to the posting from Marc Gibion..

The mistake made in the posting was to assume that people were _critisising_
ADA for not being simple to implement on personal computers. This isn't the
point, and it is indeed a challenge for people interested in ADA to try to
obtain a verified ADA compiler for a PC.  The attitude in the posting was
typical of the arrogant nature of a lot of people in the defence industry
[apologies to those others in the defence industry who consider themselves
not arrogant :-) ]  who think that their ENOURMOUS power makes them unique
in some kind of way. Well tough! They haven't got the brainpower [not meant
to reflect on any individual] to match the huge enthusiast population and
the professional/semi-professional community. There WILL be an increasing
number of validated ADA compilers for home computers no matter what the
DoD do to the language. Maybe the array processors might be missing, but
the completeness of the language will be there. Personal Computers are
growing beyond comprehension, and I look forward to the day when VLSI
technology such as the Transputer will be put into practice in small machines
for general use; forcing many people to realise that THEY'VE MADE A BIG
MISTAKE.

So Militarists out there, cut out the rubbish, and stop trying to justify
wasting such huge amounts of money - you'll never manage it.