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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ESOC.BITNET!ESC1332 From: ESC1332@ESOC.BITNET ("K.Keyte") Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Assembly language (was: Re: Another 1.3 wish.) Message-ID: <8708211307.AA04015@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 09:07:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8708211307.AA04015 Posted: Fri Aug 21 09:07:50 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Aug-87 00:48:28 EDT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet List-Id: 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.