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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:42:58 +0200
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Le Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:01:10 +0200, Simon Clubley  =

<clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-earth.ufp> a =C3=A9crit:

> On 2014-06-11, Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wro=
te:
>> On 06/11/2014 12:32 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2014-06-10, Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>  =

>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If it's targeted by a C compiler then it's targeted by an Ada  =

>>>> compiler.
>>>
>>> That doesn't make sense.
>>>
>>> Some random examples:
>>>
>>> What about the various microcontrollers you can buy which have C
>>> available but not a Ada compiler ?
>>>
>>> What about IBM's AS/400 or MVS systems ?
>>>
>>> What about a usable version of Ada for the PIC32MX ?
>>
>> What about the AdaMagic compiler that uses ANSI C as its intermediate=

>> language?
>>
>
> The AdaMagic compiler is utterly unsuitable here.
>
> In a world where development environments are available for free, you
> are not going to persuade people to try Ada by telling them they have
> to pay mega dollars/mega pounds for a Ada to C compiler.
>
> When you are doing development in a corporate environment on productio=
n
> systems, then a paid for solution makes very good sense. When you are
> trying to persuade new people to adopt Ada, it does not.
>
> Simon.
>

Even if it's (or would be) low cost?

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