Re: Microsoft .Net, Ada should be at the head of this list

[antonio_duran@hotmail.com (Antonio Duran)]

Gerhard H�ring <gerhard@bigfoot.de> wrote in message news:<slrnafkloh.jg4.gerhard@lilith.my-fqdn.de>...
> Robert C. Leif wrote in comp.lang.ada:
> > The reason I posted this was to benefit the commercial use of Ada.
>  
> > I doubt that Microsoft would believe that Ada was a serious
> > commercial threat.
> 
> Why would $ProgrammingLanguage be a threat to $Company? That doesn't
> make any sense to me.
> 
> > It would be benefit the software industry and customers, if
> > Microsoft by mentioning Ada, would help in the commercial
> > development of Ada.
> 
> I don't see how posting wishful thinking and Ada advocacy to an Ada
> newsgroup would help _anybody_, let alone software industry or
> customers. Sorry to be so blunt, but that's the impression I get from
> your posts. Maybe I'm too realistic, but that's an accusation I can
> live with ;-)
> 
> No, I can tell you what would really help to get an Ada for .NET
> compiler. If those who want it go to ACT (or whatever compiler vendor
> they favour) and tell them:
> 
>     "We'd really like to get an Ada compiler for .NET. And we'd
>     sponsor the initial development with $50.000. If the compiler
>     doesn't get finished, we want our money back."
> 
>     (of course several such persons/companies would be needed)
> 
> Or if you work in academia (I dunno), it would be good idea to let
> your students do research for an Ada/.NET compiler, probably best on
> the basis of JGNAT.
> 
> Or start a Sourceforge project named gnatdotnet and hope that skilled
> compiler developers will join and do all the work for you ;-)
> 
> Gerhard
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Robert C. Leif wrote in comp.lang.ada:
> > [I want an Ada for .NET compiler]

Maybe starting a Sourceforge project is not aligned with the official
Microsoft policy. I guess Sourceforge does not support Shared Source
licenses yet :-)

   Antonio Duran