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From: fjm@ti.com (Fred J. McCall)
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In article <Mats.Weber-1002951256550001@mlma11.matrix.ch> Mats.Weber@matrix.ch (Mats Weber) writes:

>In article <3hbtkg$n9j@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, joewms@aol.com (Joe Wms) wrote:
>> [...]
>>   Can anyone provide any metrics relating Apex productivity to
>> Verdix/vi productivity?

>Going from Apex to Verdix will certainly be painful. But there is no
>reason to make it even worse by using vi. We are using Verdix with emacs
>and an Ada mode and it works quite well.

And if you can get them to install GNAT (is GNAT up on SGI yet?) and hook it 
up to emacs properly, you can get the same sort of checking and 
cross-reference help that APEX gives you now.