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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9923b1c3be80099b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: Ada and Mac (Was: New version of AppletMagic) Date: 1996/10/17 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190151399 sender: news@organon.com (news) references: organization: Organon Motives, Inc. newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <544aj2$c6p@felix.seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: > In article , > Jon S Anthony wrote: >[...] > >And that is just fine. I don't see where the contract was: "Ada on > >the Mac". > > Actually, it was quite clear in the RFP that the MacOS (on PPC) was to > be supported by the Academic Ada compiler. As I recall, the contract > award mentioned it as well. The article in the Fall 1995 AdaIC News > mentioned Intel and PowerPC CPU's but did not list operating > systems. > > Subsequently, the contract was modified to eliminate the Mac. > So it's not just "fine" - after the fact, the contractor asked for, > and received, a contract mod from the government. This was > discussed on this group before. Well, OK, you have me. I appears I am just plain wrong. I really don't know the contract specifics and thought it was simply requiring a readily accessible and cheap "Academic Ada Compiler". OTOH, if the mod was OK'd by the customer, how is this still not "fine" (well, other than it goofs up the Mac situation). > >It's either a correct perception or it is not. If it is, then I > >suppose things will never change. If not, then it would seem that > >this is indeed an opportunity for a new company which would take the > >AdaMagic front end and someone elses backend and add the value added > >to glue them together in a nice Mac environment. > > I could not agree more. Perhaps, if the MachTen CodeBuilder release > is a big seller and it's apparent that many people are buying it > mostly for GNAT, that will be the necessary impetus. Dunno... Check /Jon -- Jon Anthony Organon Motives, Inc. Belmont, MA 02178 617.484.3383 jsa@organon.com