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-Thread: 103376,f822ae7b0f7433c1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!209.244.4.230!newsfeed1.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Translating an embedded C algorithm Date: 20 Jan 2007 07:03:25 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1169298107 12560 192.135.80.34 (20 Jan 2007 13:01:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:01:47 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8359 Date: 2007-01-20T07:03:25-06:00 List-Id: In article , "Alexander E. Kopilovich" writes: > Larry Kilgallen wrote: >>> from the other hand, they do not say what exactly they can offer, >>> whether it is immediately ready for use, and how much it costs >>> (not even dreaming about downloadable evaluation version). >> >>I found it was easy to deal with them as someone seriously interested. > > Well, I suppose so. The problem, though, is in being "seriously interested" > in advance. > >>> So probably Sofcheck is really able to provide that Ada-to-C compiler for a >>> determined customer, who is willing to pay enough for that. But this is not >>> the case for absolute majority of embedded software developers. >> >>Because they are not determined, or because they want it free ? > > Mostly because they are far from determined customers in this case. I don't believe the company sees their mission as convincing those who are not already interested in Ada. I believe they support the trade organization (whose name escapes me), but they are not primarily a marketing organization. For a vendor who puts most of their resources into convincing customers to see it their way, try Microsoft.