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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,15ce5e046cd0b91d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-05 19:51:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!news0.telusplanet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Windows.Only.Vendors@Suck.Com Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA for OS/2 References: <3B417021.A68938D2@eyup.org> <3B41A4C7.E819C1E3@eyup.org> <20010704114900.48bc8b38.McCratch@gmx.net> <3B431D22.C20FF8BD@eyup.org> <0fqDUcnQj8JQ@eisner.encompasserve.org> <5ee5b646.0107051341.2a0d4b42@posting.google.com> User-Agent: ProNews/2 V1.51.ib104 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 02:51:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.59.200.215 X-Trace: news0.telusplanet.net 994387895 142.59.200.215 (Thu, 05 Jul 2001 20:51:35 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 20:51:35 MDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9532 Date: 2001-07-06T02:51:35+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 21:41:46, dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote: > We expect that other public binaries wlil be built, distributed > and mirrored, by those who do know how, as happens for other GNU software. > This is not happening for OS/2 however. There are a number of us interested in getting this going and are willing to try but we need help. If for no other reason than maintaining and extending the scope of Ada to another area of computing. Isn't that what most of the discussions in this news group have been about over the last 5 years that I have followed C.L.A? [other than a few java vs Ada vs Eiffel wars and the Rt. Rev. Colin James III entertainment from years past. What ever happened to the kook?] Back to the topic at hand. By help, I am asking for some mentoring for us, walk us through the process, do not assume what we know or don't know, in return we will document the method and steps and keep the knowledge available for orthers. As it is now when Robert Dewar and a few select others decide that Ada/2 is a waste of their time the skill set is lost! I don't pretend to be able to write intricate code, I don't pretend to be a 'code rocket doctor', I am sincere about getting this done for OS/2 though. I know there at least three of us currently interested in building the beast, what do you say? A knowledge tranfer is what we are asking for. Tim Erickson -- tjeric_k AT telusplanet_net remove any underscores to get the proper address