Re: ada compiler for os/2

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From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
Subject: Re: ada compiler for os/2
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David Weller <dweller@STARBASE.NEOSOFT.COM> writes
>In article <3jlu96INN24f@edna.cc.swin.edu.au>,
>Paul Shin-Hou Yeoh <930385@edna.cc.swin.edu.au> wrote:
>>is Gnat Ada and Gnu Ada validated Ada compilers?
>>They would be pretty useless if they are not.
>>
>
>I claim you are horribly wrong.  Defend your statement.
>
I'd have to agree most vehemently. Granted, an unvalidated
compiler is pretty useless if you need a compiler for a
government contract. (Unless we want to get that whole "mandate"
urinating contest going again?) But I remember the Janus Ada $99
unvalidated _and_ non-standard Ada83 implementation many years
ago and it was _very_ useful as a learning tool and for
relatively small "serious" programming projects.

A working compiler for any language - even a subset of a language
- can still be useful in lots of real world projects.

Pax,
Marin

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