Re: Ada development under OS/2

[jahonen@sisu.lut.fi (Jarmo Ahonen)]

In <D02K87.pJ@cix.compulink.co.uk>, isharpe@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Ian Sharpe") writes:
>> Anyone done any Ada development under OS/2 using a validated compiler 
>> (ie not GNAT)? Actually the only one listed at AJPO is the Alsys one, 
>> so I guess this really is "Has anyone used the Alsys Ada compiler?".
>> 
>> How easy is it to access all of the things that C/C++ folks take for 
>> granted (system calls, SOM, DLLs etc)? 
>
>To answer my own question:
>
>Alsys UK have said that this product is not being actively developed. I 
>*hope* this is a misunderstanding, but the lack of responses tends to 
>suggest that this might be a good commercial decision.

Although Alsys Ada has some very good features for OS/2 (tasks as threads),
I decided not to buy Alsys AdaWorld for OS/2 (sp?) yet. I understood that they
might be getting a new release ready (or have done it already).

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