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From: telesoft!garym@uunet.uu.net  (Gary Morris @ignite)
Subject: Re: Current state of Ada 9X compilers...?
Date: 23 Sep 93 21:27:31 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CDtsy4.4nz@alsys.com> (raw)

In <CDo3J0.CAG@crdnns.crd.ge.com> groleau@e7sa.crd.ge.com (Wes Groleau) writes:
>>In article <1993Sep18.163712.8933@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> blaak@csri.toronto
.edu (Raymond Blaak) writes:
>>>P.S. The GNAT project may just be the best thing that has happened for Ada.
>...I suspect that "winning
>converts" to Ada will help the vendors even if "competition" from GNAT 
>undercuts them.  The reason is that many companies don't trust "free-ware"
>and may buy commercial products once someone or something convinces them Ada
>is not a joke.

Also, some companies using Ada are required by contract or DOD to use a
validated compiler.  I haven't heard if anyone will be validating GNAT.
If it is not validated than those companies that need a validated compiler
will still be buying commercial products.
--GaryM
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1993-09-23 21:27 Gary Morris @ignite [this message]
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1993-09-27 20:20 Current state of Ada 9X compilers...? Richard Conn
1993-09-24 12:54 cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!linus
1993-09-24 10:35 Richard Kenner
1993-09-23 10:20 agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!yorkohm!minster!ken
1993-09-23  5:21 Michael Feldman
1993-09-23  5:15 Michael Feldman
1993-09-22 17:37 Jim Crigler
1993-09-22 11:50 Richard Kenner
1993-09-22  8:07 cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!r
1993-09-22  5:24 cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon.r
1993-09-22  3:42 Michael Feldman
1993-09-22  3:36 Michael Feldman
1993-09-22  3:34 Michael Feldman
1993-09-21 16:01 Barry Schiff
1993-09-20 19:30 Wes Groleau x1240 C73-8
1993-09-20 15:25 Stefan Petersen
1993-09-20 14:19 cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.ed
1993-09-19 16:05 agate!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.dfn.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.d
1993-09-19  9:58 agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!klaava!klaava!not-for-mail
1993-09-19  9:56 agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!klaava!klaava!not-for-mail
1993-09-18 20:37 Raymond Blaak
1993-09-18 16:53 David Poole
1993-09-18 14:04 Richard Kenner
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