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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-26 11:25:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:25:09 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0204200830.2bd258d2@posting.google.com> <7wjw8.6355$Bl5.3716799705@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> <3CC207BA.5F039C6D@adaworks.com> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23148 Date: 2002-04-26T13:25:09-05:00 List-Id: Simon Wright wrote in message ... >"Randy Brukardt" writes: > >> Of course, a "modest PC" now has 100 times the memory and is 100 >> times faster. Hardly a fair comparison. About the only difference is >> the cost ($99 versus nothing). Certainly Janus/Ada "basically >> worked". > >Yep, I remember that! Even so far as having shared generics, if I >remember correctly. Yes, Janus/Ada 95 still has shared generics. Really ugly to get right in Ada 95 (Ada 83 was much easier that way). Randy.