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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,6d334a78db675f73,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,dab7d920e4340f12 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: guerby@gnat.com (Laurent Guerby) Subject: Ada 95 is a FREE language (was: C is 'better' than Ada because...) Date: 1996/08/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 173619965 sender: guerby@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu references: <31e02c32.342948604@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> organization: New York University reply-to: guerby@gnat.com newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.cobol Date: 1996-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Craig> Well I'm not an Ada expert, but I have "Ada as a Second Craig> Language" by Norman Cohen and "Ada Programmer Handbook" by Dean Craig> Gonzalez. On the cover a little R with a circle around it Craig> appears by the word Ada. In the book by Norman Cohen it states Craig> (page 8) that the name "Ada" is a trade mark of the DOD and Craig> it's usage is "strictly enforced". I take that to mean that if Craig> it doesn't conform it *can not* be called an Ada compiler. It Craig> states you can work towards conformity and use the name, but Craig> thats an exeption. Craig> If I were to bid on a contract, tell the DOD I'm developing in Craig> Ada and submit C++, I think they would call that "fraud". Craig> I think part of the resistance to Ada is C belongs to the Craig> world. Ada belongs to the government! :-) Craig> If this has changed, please enlighten me! 1. You're talking about 83 (13 years old now). 2. Ada is now Ada 95 (buy new editions of your books). 3. The US government no longer owns the name Ada, there's no need to put an (R). 4. The ANSI/ISO/X standards for both Ada 83 and Ada 95 are free and freely available in various electronic formats. (This is an exception in the standard world.) 5. There is a GNU compiler for Ada 95, source copyrights assigned to the Free Software Fundation. 6. Megabytes of free Ada source code are available in various repositories. 7. Free Ada tutorials and books (eg: Ada Quality & Style) are available. To summarize, for $0 (or for the price of a CD-ROM), you have everything you need to write Ada 95 programs (even distributed programs) on plenty of platforms, and sources to hack your compiler (or your Ada library). Welcome in the 1996 real world, Craig (and you've now everything you need to become an official Ada expert ;-). -- Laurent Guerby , Team Ada. "Use the Source, Luke. The Source will be with you, always (GPL)."