From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 15 Jan 92 00:57:05 GMT From: van-bc!ubc-cs!newsserver.sfu.ca!fraser.sfu.ca!naran@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Travers Naran) Subject: Re: ADA compiler for the Amiga? Message-ID: List-Id: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes: >I asked the same question a while back and got the response that at least one, >but maybe two developers were working on Ada for the Amiga. Oxxi, was one of >the companies that were mentioned. I too would love to have Ada on my Amiga, >but I am not exactly hopeful. Part of the problem is that many Amiga owners >are "cheap" and there may be no market for an Ada compiler, which tends to >be rather expensive. Oh well, one can only hope. "cheap"? Oh yes, we all can go right out and buy $1200 compilers. :-) Not even IBM users can afford that. Those compilers are ususally sold to corporations and organizations that use them. And the Amiga is supposedly on a no-bid status with SDI researchers so I'm sure there is a definite market for ADA compilers. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travers Naran | "I am NOT a merry Mail address: naran@fraser.sfu.ca or naran@sfu.ca | man!" Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada | Lt. Worf, Cmpt. Science student wanna-be | ST:TNG, "Q-pid" Trekker, Leaper, Red Dwarf'er, Prober, etc. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------