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,FREEMAIL_FROM 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 14:44:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!63.208.208.143!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Phaedrus" 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 22:43:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.178.103.28 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 985646621 209.178.103.28 (Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:43:41 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:43:41 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6088 Date: 2001-03-26T22:43:41+00:00 List-Id: 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 >