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: 103376,630c12e823d1bdf4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-11 01:02:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!oleane.net!oleane!news.tiscali.fr!proxad.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compiler Pricing (was Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: New Ada compiler for .NET) Date: 11 Jan 2003 10:02:42 +0100 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: <1040653133.613605@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3e18f3f3_1@news.tm.net.my> <6KwmrO7CZtnj@eisner.encompasserve.org> <1041910244.361888@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E1E5604.5030209@nospam.adrianhoe.com> <3E1EA349.6B97C328@adaworks.com> <3E1F9FD5.90802@nospam.adrianhoe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-5-178.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news-reader11.wanadoo.fr 1042275767 12222 80.13.115.178 (11 Jan 2003 09:02:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Jan 2003 09:02:47 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.93 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32910 Date: 2003-01-11T09:02:47+00:00 List-Id: Adrian Hoe writes: > I came in contact with an Ada compiler on Apple CP/M in the early-mid > 80's. It was dirt cheap. It cost next to zero simply because I copied it > from a computer shop. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any Ada books. I could > only understand some of the Ada syntax and lexical from its limited > examples. There wasn't any Internet in my country then. Lacking of > resources, I shut down on Ada. Good, now we are in 2003, we have Internet, 2 zero cost compilers for students, many books, lots of Internet resources (too much to be read in a short period of time), a living news group (except for 70% OT messages ;) So all this is fixed! Ada is going to rock this year! Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595