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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,9d1193820f3c37ec X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b7058121eb499dfe,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9d1193820f3c37ec X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-23 11:38:43 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.erinet.com!netcom.com!milod From: milod@netcom.com (John DiCamillo) Subject: Ada95 Compilers (was Re: C++ Productivity) Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3j2hu0$90o@jabba.ess.harris.com> <794827687snz@moorside.demon.co.uk> <1995Mar21.190911.20820@merlin.hgc.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 18:50:26 GMT Sender: milod@netcom20.netcom.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.c++:96316 comp.object:22507 comp.lang.ada:19919 Date: 1995-03-23T18:50:26+00:00 List-Id: jcm@hgc.edu (James McKim) writes: >In article <794827687snz@moorside.demon.co.uk> Alan@moorside.demon.co.uk writes: >>Is Eiffel widely used? (I don't dispute that it is widely respected). >Widely used is too strong. It is slowly gaining a following worldwide and >in fact is probably more heavily used in Europe and Australia than >in the US. To get a feeling for Eiffel's market penetration take a look >at the book Object Oriented Applications, edited by Meyer and Nerson, >published by Prentice Hall. It presents a batch of case studies of real world >projects completed using Eiffel. >>One doesn't hear of much Ada use outside military/US government circles >>(which, though large, are specialised and to some degree self-contained >>markets). >That's my impression as well. Also I have no idea how many Ada95 compilers >are available at this point. AFAIK (and I cross-posted to comp.lang.ada to make sure someone would correct me), the answer is "almost one." This implementation is the GNAT (GNu Ada Translator) compiler which supports most, but not quite all of the Ada95 language. But the price is right! (Especially for an Ada compiler!) -- ciao, milo ================================================================ John DiCamillo Pinin' for the fjords? milod@netcom.com What kind of talk is that?