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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: What ada 83 compiler is *best*
Date: 1998/12/10
Date: 1998-12-10T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EACHUS.98Dec10115116@spectre.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 366E97F8.776355C4@pwfl.com

In article <366E97F8.776355C4@pwfl.com> Marin David Condic <condicma@pwfl.com> writes:

  > {Parenthetical note: The only good excuse for "Why I can't use Ada and
  > have to use C" that I've heard/used is this: "I have a C compiler for
  > this Whozits Processor Board that came with the board. There is no Ada
  > compiler and a port would cost too much/take too long/not have the whole
  > kitten kaboodle of support tools I've got with the C compiler that came
  > with this board."}

    How many times have I heard this, then turned around with a list
of validated Ada compilers for that board, often with more than one
for every RTOS under consideration.

    The main exceptions were Intel x86 boards without x87 chips, and
TMS320C2x boards.
--

					Robert I. Eachus

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  reply	other threads:[~1998-12-10  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-12-03  0:00 What ada 83 compiler is *best* Rick Thorne
1998-12-03  0:00 ` marc j bejerano
1998-12-03  0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-03  0:00 ` Gautier
1998-12-07  0:00   ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07  0:00     ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08  0:00       ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00         ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08  0:00           ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00             ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-08  0:00               ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00                 ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-09  0:00                 ` Marc A. Criley
1998-12-09  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-07  0:00     ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-08  0:00       ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00         ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-08  0:00           ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-09  0:00             ` dewarr
1998-12-09  0:00               ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-10  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-10  0:00                   ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-08  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-08  0:00           ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-12-09  0:00           ` John McCabe
1998-12-08  0:00         ` David Gillon
1998-12-08  0:00           ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00     ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-12-08  0:00     ` Roga Danar
1998-12-08  0:00       ` Pat Rogers
1998-12-09  0:00         ` Roga Danar
1998-12-10  0:00       ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-09  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-09  0:00       ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-10  0:00         ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
1998-12-10  0:00           ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-10  0:00             ` Tucker Taft
1998-12-11  0:00           ` dewarr
1998-12-14  0:00             ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-12-09  0:00       ` P.S. Norby
1998-12-09  0:00       ` dewarr
1998-12-04  0:00 ` Ada rotting? (was: What ada 83 compiler is *best*) Roga Danar
1998-12-07  0:00   ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-07  0:00     ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-07  0:00       ` David Botton
1998-12-07  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1998-12-08  0:00         ` Marin David Condic
     [not found]           ` <366D6BF8.B1F4C1C0@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
1998-12-08  0:00             ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00       ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00         ` Marin David Condic
1998-12-08  0:00           ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-09  0:00             ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-04  0:00 ` What ada 83 compiler is *best* Matthew Heaney
1998-12-07  0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1998-12-08  0:00   ` Rick Thorne
1998-12-08  0:00     ` Steve O'Neill
1998-12-08  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-11-18  0:00 Nobody
1998-11-18  0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1998-11-18  0:00   ` Rick Thorne
1998-11-18  0:00     ` Gautier de Montmollin
1998-11-18  0:00     ` dennison
1998-12-03  0:00     ` Roga Danar
1998-11-18  0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-11-21  0:00   ` dewarr
1998-11-21  0:00   ` dewarr
1998-11-21  0:00   ` dewarr
1998-11-19  0:00 ` whiter5195
1998-11-23  0:00   ` Charlie McCutcheon
     [not found] ` <36534040.F30A5E5B@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
1998-11-21  0:00   ` Steve Kerr
1998-11-21  0:00     ` Chris Morgan
1998-11-21  0:00     ` Ed Falis
1998-11-22  0:00   ` Keith Thompson
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