CONTR47@NOSC-TECR.ARPA (02/07/88)
Just in case someone is inquiring about PC Ada compilers in order to develop a commercial product (e.g.:spreadsheet) be aware that you may have to pay a fee to the compiler vendor for each copy you sell because they will each contain a copy of the comp[iler vendor's Ada Runtime Environment (ARTE). This "runtime license" or whatever is to me a very serious impediment to Ada being used for commercial products. I personally would hand translate my Ada code to Pascal or whatever before doing the production compile rather than pay the runtime fee. Maybe thats why some people are inquiring about Ada to C translators. Those are my feelings, here's what I know: 1. Alsys has a runtime license fee. 2. Janus has no runtime fee (+10 points for RR) 3. I'm told that Meridian has a runtime fee. 4. One of my clients is being charged $1000.00 a pop for a bare target runtime license (not PC). I would like to hear of others experience. I'll collect and post answers if they are sent to me (contr47@nosc-tecr). regards, sam harbaugh ---------------------