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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 19:40:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Message-ID: References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B656345.64AB603A@sneakemail.com> <9k3oa1$2qg8$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B657715.7EC592D9@sneakemail.com> <3B659726.33E301CA@san.rr.com> <9kae23$38a$1@news-central.tiac.net> <9kcoc0$4ld$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-BerlinDistribution: world Organization: LJK Software Date: 2 Aug 2001 22:40:20 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 996806427 216.44.122.34 (Fri, 03 Aug 2001 02:40:27 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 02:40:27 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11160 Date: 2001-08-02T22:40:20-05:00 List-Id: In article <9kcoc0$4ld$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>, bruns@tetibm2.ee.TU-Berlin.DE () writes: > Dear Ada community, > > Let me tell you what would trigger that I use Ada for my projects: > In short: A Ada-C Compiler would bring me to that state. > > Although I use almost exclusively Fortran, > my projects run on all machines that have a C-Compiler. > If I have to port my projects to a machine where no Fortran compiler > is available for, I use a Fortran to C translator (NAG-f90). The corresponding Ada product goes under the name AdaMagic (as do some other products). The company can be located under the name Averstar on the www.adaic.org site (although I believe they are changing the company name again). The chief Ada honcho there is Tucker Taft, who happens to have lead the Ada95 standardization effort. Tell him Larry Kilgallen sent you :-)