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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5779979dbdeaa763 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-21 10:06:45 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!news-hub.siol.net!zur.uu.net!ash.uu.net!xyzzy!mirage.boeing.com!nickerson From: nickerson@pundit.ds.boeing.com () Subject: Re: DEC Ada 3.4 on Tru64 5.1 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pundit.ds.boeing.com Message-ID: Sender: nickerson@mirage.boeing.com () Reply-To: nickerson@pundit.ds.boeing.com () Organization: Boeing Defense & Space Group / Software Systems X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-32 References: <3BAA98F1.E40E3694@NOSPAMcompaq.com> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:47:15 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13237 Date: 2001-09-21T16:47:15+00:00 List-Id: In article <3BAA98F1.E40E3694@NOSPAMcompaq.com>, Charlie McCutcheon writes: |>No, sorry. DEC Ada has known problems with Tru64 5.0 and beyond. Major |>releases of the operating system tend to break the product. my comment would be that you should emulate the OpenVMS commitment that OS releases do not break user code - that would include an Ada compiler; however given that the AdaRTL is (sort of) part of the OS then it should have been fixed; the brand new 5.1a release notes do mention that the AdaRTL is scheduled for removal - but even then it says "in a future release"; |>I did testing suggesting that it works on the various Tru64 4.0 versions |>(last 4.0G?), I'm not sure if they are still available. I've got the releases but I also have a brand new DS20E running 5.1; which is what I want to run on both my Tru64 machines; |>On top of that, DEC Ada for Tru64 is no longer supported, it was retired |>over a year ago.(Compaq Ada is supported on OpenVMS VAX and Alpha however.) we have it and we still like it; [personally speaking] we would have preferred a DEC/CPQ Ada95 compiler - however that is an old story about a business decision; |>For Ada use on Tru64, we recommend an Ada 95 vendor, such as ACT/GNAT or |>Rational. |> |>Charlie yes; we just didn't realize that retirement also meant that the OS would so quickly break the compiler and render the license useless; --bn (Bart Nickerson) nickerson@pundit.ds.boeing.com (206) 662-0183