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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU!koehnema From: koehnema@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Harry Koehnemann) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Free Optimizing Ada Compiler Message-ID: <9105091625.AA11977@enuxha.eas.asu.edu> Date: 9 May 91 16:25:48 GMT References: <1991May9.080740.6534@netcom.COM> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann) Distribution: comp.lang.ada Organization: Arizona State University List-Id: In article <1991May9.080740.6534@netcom.COM> jls@netcom.COM (Jim Showalter) writes: > >If Ada is to succeed in the commercial sector, we HAVE to get a free, >high-quality Ada compiler on every UNIX box in every college/university >in the world: this is basically why C is such a success, and it seems >we could learn by example. I've had e-mail discussions with several >professors who would happily use Ada to teach software engineering principles >if they could just get their hands on it. It's not just that, it's also resources. It been discussed here to put Ada as the beginning language, but what are the consequences of doing so. A university can get a site license for pretty cheap. However, compile 15 C programs concurrently and then 15 Ada versions for equivalent programs and you'll see the magnitude of the problem. Harry Koehnemann koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu