Re: In praise of Ada Freeware

[tmoran@acm.org]

>I believe the third method (known for years as Freeware) may have
>particular appeal to some Ada zealots, particularly if they have some
>...
>If instead they decide to transliterate Ada Freeware into some other
>language (and the Ada Freeware is well written), they get a example
  Back in the days of BBSes, BIX, and Compuserve, many of us posted
programs, including source, without restrictions.  Of all my postings,
just once did someone transliterate from the Ada to C and not reference
the original.  A little e-mail urging and he added the reference back to
the original Ada version.  Perhaps others have many horror stories, but
I've never heard them.  Gee, maybe Windows XP has at its core a
transliteration of one of my Ada postings ... but I doubt it.  ;)