Re: ADA compiler for the Amiga?

[van-bc!ubc-cs!newsserver.sfu.ca!fraser.sfu.ca!naran@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Travers Naran)]

mfeldman@milton.u.washington.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:

>In article <naran.695437025@fraser.sfu.ca> naran@fraser.sfu.ca (Travers Naran)
 writes:
>>skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes:
>>
>>"cheap"? Oh yes, we all can go right out and buy $1200 compilers. :-) Not eve
n
>>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 stat
us
>>with SDI researchers so I'm sure there is a definite market for ADA compilers
.

>Whoa! A little perspective here. I think your info is outdated. True, there
>are no Amiga compilers, but academic pricing for PC compilers is ~$100.
>See Rich Pattis' recent post giving a survey of academic prices.

Sorry, but I missed it. But that is _VERY_ good news to hear! :-)
The reason being that Amiga software prices tend to be a lot cheaper than the I
BM
prices so I might be able to afford an Ada compiler. I got a hold of the origin
al
'tutorial' manual that was a prelude to the standards document (A thick sucker)
. The
mere specifications of the language and the constructs got me extremely excited
.
Inherited generic objects! Operator/Function overloading! The list goes on!! :-
)

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