mes@aplvax.UUCP (02/22/84)
I'm not an expert on what's currently on the market, but I'll tell you
what I know (or think I know). Rumors about future products abound
but the ones that are actually living somewhere in the bowls of a computer
are as follows:
Telesoft Ada - Runs under Unix, generates (or will soon) code for
VAX, 68000. Current version is a very reasonable
subset ( but no task types, or generics). Rumor is
that a new version is about to be validated.
York Ada - Runs under Unix on a VAX. Seems to be rather fast
compared to many others. My info. about this one
is limited.
NYU Ada-Ed - A horrendously slow but validated compiler. It's
not really that bad a tool if all you want to do is
do syntax and semantic checking on programs, bbut if you
want to actually run them, better bring a good book.
Intel iAPX-432 - This compiler is fairly fast comparatively, but eh
development environment is quite cumbersome, and requires
an iAPX-432.
Western Digital - This compiler is validated, but from what I understand
is incapable of executing a program larger than a
few hundred lines.
ROLM Ada - This is the only validated compiler that seems anywhere
near ready for serious use (if validation is required),
but still has a few practical bugs in it (e.g. there is
a limit of 32 on the number of tasks that can be built
into one program.
Happy Hunting,
Mark Schmid
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab