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=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e524783c2a643e46 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-30 07:10:28 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!news.lut.fi!news From: jahonen@sisu.lut.fi (Jarmo Ahonen) Subject: Re: Ada development under OS/2 Sender: news@lut.fi (Usenet News) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 15:06:18 GMT Reply-To: jahonen@sisu.lut.fi References: Nntp-Posting-Host: peruna.cc.lut.fi Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.02 Date: 1994-11-30T15:06:18+00:00 List-Id: In , 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). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jarmo J. Ahonen Computing Centre Tel: +358 53 621 2516 Lappeenranta University of Technology Fax: +358 53 621 2350 P.O.Box 20 Email: jarmo.ahonen@lut.fi 53851 Lappeenranta, Finland