Re: Ada vs. C++ in defense projects

["David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>]

JGNAT, along with some papers on it is freely available at
ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/jgnat/

E. Robert Tisdale <edwin@netwood.net> wrote in message
news:3A04F336.B780D887@netwood.net...
> Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> > E. Robert Tisdale wrote:
> > > If you can find an Ada compiler which emits byte code for a
> > > JVM,
> > > you may be able to convince them that they should implement
> > > safety critical applications in Ada instead of Java.
> > > Otherwise, you should probably just forget about Ada.
> >
> > JGNAT from Ada Core Technologies is such a system ....
> >
> > Robert Dewar
> > Ada Core Technologies
> > www.gnat.com
>
> I only found a short announcement
>
>     Ada Core Technologies and ACT Europe
>     announce JGNAT Professional release 1.1a. JGNAT Professional,
>     the Ada 95 development environment for the Java platform,
>     is a port of the GNAT Ada 95 technology to the Java environment.
>     JGNAT supports the development of both applications and applets.
>
>     JGNAT comprises a compiler generating Java bytecode
>     fully compatible with Java virtual machines
>     conforming to Sun's specification (JDK 1.1 and above),
>     and a set of tools to aid in developing Ada programs for the Java
platform.
>     Contact sales@gnat.com for more information or contact:
>
> at
>
>     http://www.gnat.com/
>
> by clicking on
>
>     Announcing JGNAT Pro release 1.1a
>