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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ce1e7170ab2bc91c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-26 15:10:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!209.81.14.120!feeder.via.net!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Corey Ashford" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <_pNv6.15345$ue1.1278082@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3ABFB3AD.DF3AA617@lmco.com> <3ABFC2D8.A0998569@lmco.com> Subject: Re: Why do so many companies use Apex? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:09:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.176.37.106 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 985648156 24.176.37.106 (Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:09:16 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:09:16 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6091 Date: 2001-03-26T23:09:16+00:00 List-Id: The names are not hidden. You could contact Paul Levy (chairman of the board and president) or Mike Devlin (CEO). Call the Corporate offices in Cupertino and ask for either of them. http://www.rational.com/corpinfo/investor/biographies.jsp The corporate offices are: Rational Software Corporation 18880 Homestead Rd Cupertino, CA 95014 408-863-9900 Corey Ashford Rational Software Corp. "Phaedrus" wrote in message news:xCPv6.15621$ue1.1307971@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > Roger that. I'd love to get my hands on the email address (or phone #) > of one of the high mucky-mucks at Rational, just to give them a dose of > reality. > > "Rational", indeed! There's a company whose name should be indicated > in a false advertising suit! > > Phaedrus > > "William Dale" wrote in message > news:3ABFC2D8.A0998569@lmco.com... > > OK, but what Apex does for you does not make up for the very high > > learning curve imposed and the fact that most victms (users) go away > > thinking Apex is Ada and all Ada compilers do things in these silly > > ways. > > > > Corey Ashford wrote: > > > > > > One of the reasons that Apex appears to be slower than other > > > compilers is that it is actually doing more work for you, to > > > save you time down the road. Apex retains persistent compilation > > > information about units that it can use later to determine which > > > units exactly needs to be recompiled when a change is made to > > > any one of them. > > > > Bill > > > >