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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-17 00:50:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!news-in-sterling.newsfeed.com!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin D. Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:00:21 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-180.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1029506426 486 136.170.200.180 (16 Aug 2002 14:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Aug 2002 14:00:26 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28152 Date: 2002-08-16T14:00:26+00:00 List-Id: One of the things that hurt Ada in the early days was the fact that for even rather terrible compilers with no surrounding tools, you were being asked to pay megabucks for the privilege of using them at all. This was happening while people were able to get inexpensive Pascal compilers and those with Unix got C free of charge. (Well, O.K., "bundled in with Unix" so whatever you paid for the system included some payment for C. But the point was you didn't have to go beg your boss to spend a hundred thousand for a compiler and the custom hardware to run it on.) Now, while Ada has certainly come down in cost to be competitive with other languages, it still suffers in some respects for lack of nice integrated toolsets all available in a shrink-wrap package on the shelf at CompUSA. Things are getting better and more/better integrated toolsets are becoming available or are in the works. You still won't see Ada standing next to the C/C++/Java/Basic/etc. development kits on the shelves at computer stores. It would be good for Ada to be there. If your plan is to work on producing more or better integrated development tools for Ada, I'd say that was a noble goal. It doesn't guarantee success, but these days, I think its the price of admission for a language to be competitive. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling Digital. Our Vision is to be the biggest supplier worldwide of digital gateway technology. www.pacemicro.com "Juha Valimaki" wrote in message news:ajie5a$oqv$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi... > hi, > > I have been looking for Ada tools for my one man company. There are many Ada > compilers/tools on the market each with their own strong and weak points, > but I feel there would still be room for another tool set (probably from > some already existing developer...).