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: 103376,7001494ace46eea7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-19 09:30:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Overriding discriminants perplexes GNAT 3.14p Date: 19 Sep 2002 12:17:06 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3D88ADF6.302824D8@raytheon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1032452844 21084 128.183.220.71 (19 Sep 2002 16:27:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2002 16:27:24 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29184 Date: 2002-09-19T16:27:24+00:00 List-Id: Dmitry A.Kazakov writes: > I wished to get GNAT Pro, but alas it is unavailable for our targed > platform. So before investing a huge amount of bucks we are trying to > validate existing compilers with respect of our software design. The result > is rather disappointing. It comes to finding a language subset which more > than one compiler are capable to digest. Looks like a typical C-case, isn't > it? Why do you need more than one compiler? Hmm, perhaps developement on the host computer, then deliver to the target. > Note also the situation. We must "sell" Ada to our customers while > they in general do not want Ada [for many reasons, but mostly > because of ignorance]. When I talk to them I point that Ada is > portable, available, certifyed, safe, that they will be > vendor/platform-independent. This sometimes impresses them, because > they have had experience with the "ever-green" C. Do I lie them? No language is _completely_ "portable, available, certified, safe". Ada is _more_ of these than C. Say that instead. Hmm, except "available"; I would say C is available on more processors than Ada. -- -- Stephe