From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr)
Subject: Re: Ada for the Mac
Date: 1996/09/08
Date: 1996-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <evans-0809961051540001@ppp21.pgh.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 322ED21A.678@thomsoft.com
In article <322ED21A.678@thomsoft.com>, Ed Falis <falis@thomsoft.com> wrote:
> We (Alsys/Thomson) haven't sold a Mac compiler in a very long time.
> --
> Ed Falis
> Thomson Software falis@thomsoft.com (617) 221-7341
> ========================================================
While this statement is undoubtedly true, it is quite misleading to the
extent that it seems to imply something about the Mac market. In fact,
all it says is something about the Alsys product line.
Alsys developed their Ada-83 compiler under System 6 (that is, version 6
of the MacOS). When Apple came out with System 7 some five years ago,
Alsys elected not to upgrade their product so that it would run under
System 7. I and others pointed out in this forum that their failure to
do so was, in effect, an announcement that they were abandoning the
product line. To my knowledge, Alsys has never denied that claim.
So it's not surprising that they haven't sold any compilers. They don't
offer a product that anyone could possibly want.
I'll be happy to learn that I'm wrong about this. Ed Falis can readily
refute my claim by telling us all about their Ada-95 compiler for the
PowerMac platform. But I won't hold my breath...
Art Evans
Arthur Evans Jr, PhD Phone: 412-963-0839
Ada Consulting FAX: 412-963-0927
461 Fairview Road
Pittsburgh PA 15238-1933
evans@evans.pgh.pa.us
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-08-27 0:00 Ada for the Mac Brent Barker
1996-08-28 0:00 ` Greg Bond
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Kenneth Mays
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
1996-09-09 0:00 ` full
1996-09-08 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr [this message]
1996-09-09 0:00 ` Neil O'Brien
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-11 0:00 ` full
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Neil O'Brien
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Scott Stallcup
1996-09-08 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
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1996-09-06 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-08 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
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