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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,532d4809fbdb99c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-20 10:36:07 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!uunet!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PSAVAX.PWFL.COM!CONDIC Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 15:02:54 EST Sender: Ada programming language From: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM Subject: Re: Digital and Ada ? Date: 1994-12-19T15:02:54-05:00 List-Id: From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 Subject: Re: Digital and Ada ? Original_To: PROFS%"SMTP@PWAGPDB" Original_cc: CONDIC GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com Ken Garlington writes: > >Nonetheless, there is no GNAT for any VMS, and no one appears to have >announced definite plans to build one. Therefore, I think my original >statement is still correct - Today, if you want Ada 9X on VMS, you are >S.O.L. (sadly out of luck). > Sad but true. Unfortunately for those of us in Government Contracting, we can't do something this time consuming (A port of GNAT to VAX/VMS) without a definite project willing to pay for it. Hence, we aren't likely to pick up the job, even if we'd like the compiler in house for education and evaluation for future products. (Maybe the DoD should let a contract to port GNAT to a few more platforms?) We end up dependent on the efforts of Universities, Entrepreneurs, and Hackers-With-Too-Much-Free-Time-On-Their-Hands to perform these sorts of jobs, even though the Government would clearly benefit by having the compiler in the hands of as many of it's contractors as is possible. If anyone knows of a port of GNAT to VAX/VMS, I'm sure those of us who are hopelessly VAXinated would appreciate hearing about it. Pax, Marin Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-93 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM P.O. Box 109600 Internet: MDCONDIC@AOL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 =============================================================================== "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." -- Milton Friedman ===============================================================================