koolish@bbn.com (Dick Koolish) (01/10/90)
Is there an archive of public Ada software on SIMTEL20? If there is, could somebody give me an idea of how to access it. Thanks.
chouc@mist.cs.orst.edu (Chou Chung-Di) (01/14/90)
In following up message by Koolish@bbn.com (Dick Koolish) regarding the request of info on archive Ada on SIMTEL20, I would like to ask if someone knows how to get the MIT public domain Ada compiler on PC-based machines, please let me know. Thanks.
pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis) (01/14/90)
In article <14860@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, chouc@mist.cs.orst.edu (Chou Chung-Di) writes: > > In following up message by Koolish@bbn.com (Dick Koolish) regarding the > request of info on archive Ada on SIMTEL20, I would like to ask if someone > knows how to get the MIT public domain Ada compiler on PC-based machines, > please let me know. Thanks. I am unaware of an MIT PD Ada compiler, but NYU sells one for about $50 (as of 1987 - my last contact with them). Write Ada Project, New York University, Courant Institute, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012. The compiler is very slow, and I don't think much development has been put into it over the last few years (someone correct me if I'm wrong). A much better deal, recently announced, would be to purchase Meridian's AdaStudent for $50. Without turning this too much into a plug, it is their full Ada compiler (Real Mode only) + Debugger, but without their DOS or AdaUtility packages, and without the ability to distribute code across multiple libraries (although instructors can get a special diskette to set up multiple libraries for students). Rich Pattis