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: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/04/17 Message-ID: <97041709182853@psavax.pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 235478352 Sender: Ada programming language Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU X-Vms-To: SMTP%"INFO-ADA@VM1.NODAK.EDU" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Vms-Cc: CONDIC Date: 1997-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Al Christians writes: >BTW, I've heard something about a new set of Ada development tools >coming from >Lockheed for 32-bit Windows development. Does anyone have any info on >what's coming, when, what it will cost, and if it's going to be any >good? > Lockheed? When did Lockheed get into the Windows/Ada development tool business? (Other than internal tool building that we all pretty much engage in.) I'd be interested in knowing what they're making generally available to the public out of their IR&D in software tools. BTW: More on topic... My understanding of Microsoft Compiler Economics is that they pretty much give them away at a tremendous loss in order to get people developing software for their OS - which is where the *real* money is at. (We do similar stuff with jet engines - the money is in the spare parts & maintenance.) Hence, someone who is selling an Ada compiler and expecting to make a buck at it is going to have a hard time competing with Micro$oft. Still, the price of Ada compilers is down at a semi-reasonable level where an average individual or small business can easily afford to get into it. (And there's always Gnat - which is a very solid tool - if a little bare-bones in the GUI-building business.) The Comp-USA arguement only proves what's selling the most, not what's good or what's usable for a given task. I personally have bought some pretty terrible compilers from mass-market software chains and discovered that they wouldn't do my job... Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 561.796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Fax: 561.796.4669 West Palm Beach, FL Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM =============================================================================== Glendower: "I can call spirits from the vasty deep." Hotspur: "Why so can I, or so can any man; but will they come when you do call for them?" -- Shakespeare, "Henry IV" ===============================================================================