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: 103376,39c299e1a336f754 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Subject: Re: Ada for the Mac Date: 1996/09/08 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 179257915 references: <32237B8F.6DC7@xmission.com> <00001a73+000033a9@msn.com> <322ED21A.678@thomsoft.com> organization: Ada Consulting newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <322ED21A.678@thomsoft.com>, Ed Falis 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