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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-09 06:24:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 09:24:26 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.133.155 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1039443867 151.168.133.155 (Mon, 09 Dec 2002 08:24:27 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 08:24:27 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31582 Date: 2002-12-09T09:24:26-05:00 List-Id: >>Why do you think rational Ada is important for Ada? > > Purer Ada implementation (no non-standard extensions). Not so. I am constantly begging people here to use LRM-defined packages and pragmas instead of home-brewed and vendor specific. > Fewer bugs (more correct programs compile). Not in my experience. > Better code generation (faster, head to head). Faster, _maybe_ But the GNAT library model means that GNAT can simultaneously compile as many units as the network/filer/CPU can handle. > Integrated application *system* navigation with simple point and click. > Integrated CM builds for managing 100's of simultaneous developers. > Integrated tools such as "find all uses of X". > Integrated multi-program debugger. > Integrated with Rose (build and maintain OO in UML). Indeed, Rational has some outstanding tools. But since they don't really do Java very well, if they should drop Ada, they basically become useless to me.