munck@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (Bob Munck) (02/08/86)
I too have been looking into this, and have set aside the money
in my budget. I'm told by an Alsys source that they have pre-validated
the compiler running on a VAX and compiling to a PC or AT.
(Pre-validation is the point where the vendor has run all of the validation
tests and is satisfied that his compiler passes, such that he is willing
to risk the significant cost of calling in the government validation team
to run the tests officially.) The source felt that they were within a
week or so of pre-validating the AT host compiler, and mentioned in
passing that the RAM board they supply with the compiler is more likely
to be 4M than 3. That'll take my AT to 7.5M.
I've been coding in Modula-2 until now, using the Logitech compiler and
a Final Word II editor reprogrammed to "know" Modula-2. To switch to Ada,
I need a set of Final Word macros for it. Has anyone done this? Anyone
want to help? (The Modula-2 macros took about four evenings to write, and
Ada has quite a few more statements and reserved words.)
-- Bob Munck, MITRE (...!linus!munck.UUCP)
(Munck at MITRE-Bedford.ARPA)