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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, XPRIO_SHORT_SUBJ autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,78b2880bc7e78e39 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-19 08:26:13 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: RISC Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:17:50 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <995bg1$mac$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <98qumf$5sf$1@nh.pace.co.uk><98r4g1$7r1$1@nh.pace.co.uk><3AB22CB2.E8A851A5@averstar.com> <98to0v$6d2$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 985018688 22860 136.170.200.133 (19 Mar 2001 16:18:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Mar 2001 16:18:09 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5849 Date: 2001-03-19T16:18:09+00:00 List-Id: Ahhhhh, the DEC 10! In my circles, we always celebrate December 10th in honor of the DEC 10. :-) That was my very first computer - programming it from loud, shaky teletypes and occasionally punchcards. TOPS-10 was a really spiffy operating system too. Years ago when Ada was just a glimmer in the eyes of many, I was really hoping someone would make an Ada compiler for the DEC 10 - mostly because I had free access to one and this was in a time when a "real" computer could cost you a fortune. But of course, with DEC abandoning the technology, nobody wanted to target the DEC 10. What a shame. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Robert A Duff" wrote in message news:wccae6lqvmf.fsf@world.std.com... > I once worked on an Ada prototype compiler (around 1982), which ignored > efficiency, and did everything in one general way that always worked. > The generated code was intolerable. For example, to do "X := Y;" where > X and Y are of type Integer, it copied each of the 36 bits individually > (it was a PDP-10, which is a 36-bit word-addressable machine). > Totally useless.