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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a5088cb36a5004ea,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-18 07:41:48 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!evans.pgh.pa.us!user From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA compiler on Mac? Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 09:58:40 -0400 Organization: The Toads Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.pgh.pa.us cc: zhou@nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca Date: 1994-10-18T09:58:40-04:00 List-Id: In article , chinsch@acs.ucalgary.ca (Yingwu Fang) wrote: > Does anyone know if there is an ADA compiler on Mac (system 7)? The only commercial product for the Mac is the one originally written by Meridian. Meridian later merged with Verdix, and the resulting company later become part of Rational. Rational provides adequate support for the product. However, they have yet to make a statement that they will upgrade the product to support PowerPC or 9X. I expect (hope) they will make such a statement next month at TRI-Ada. It's my belief that unless there is such a stated intent to upgrade, the product is effectively dead (though it will hang around for a while.) Alsys once had a Mac product, but their decision not to upgrade to System 7 effectively killed it. Mike Feldman will surely respond shortly on Ada/Ed, a non-commericial product of value in certain areas. Eventually there will surely be a GNAT for the Mac, but I have heard nothing about a schedule. I require Ada for my consulting activities. If Rational does not commit at TRI-Ada to PowerPC, and 9X and nothing else happens, I will have no choice but to buy another platform. Any reader of this news group who needs an Ada compiler on the Mac would do well to make that need known to Rational. Write to them at product_info@rational.com I did so some time ago. 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