MCVICKER_E%P1.LANCSP.AC.UK@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Manney) (12/18/89)
Can anyone help me ??
I am in desperate need of and ADA compiler for the amiga
Does anyone know of any that are available, and if so where
from, and how much. And also can anyone give me some FTP addresses
that I can access from my site, as I am still fairly new to all this.
thanks
Manney <MCVICKER_E>phil@ingr.com (Phil Johnson) (12/19/89)
In article <6364@nigel.udel.EDU> MCVICKER_E%P1.LANCSP.AC.UK@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Manney) writes: > > >Can anyone help me ?? > I am in desperate need of and ADA compiler for the amiga > Does anyone know of any that are available, and if so where > from, and how much. There is no Ada compiler currently ported to the Amiga that I know of. I have been off the net for the past few weeks and have not compiled all of the responses to my request of Ada interest. Off the top of my head there were thirty-five or so responses, several with multiple interested parties. To Recap: R&R Software of Madison, WI has said that there is some internal interest in porting the JANUS Ada compiler (validated) to the Amiga, BUT there would have to be significant interest expressed in the port (ie I think they would like us to commit to buying the Amiga-based compiler). Their current release sells for $300.00 on the little blue box. I would commit to the purchase if the port time was reasonable. Another possibility might be the University of York Ada compiler. I believe they several port in progress. -- Philip E. Johnson UUCP: usenet!ingr!b3!sys_7a!phil MY words, VOICE: (205) 772-2497 MY opinion!
bralick@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Will Bralick) (12/20/89)
In article <7993@ingr.com> phil@ingr.UUCP (Phil Johnson) writes: | | R&R Software of Madison, WI has said that there is some internal interest in | porting the JANUS Ada compiler (validated) to the Amiga, BUT there would have | to be significant interest expressed in the port (ie I think they would like | us to commit to buying the Amiga-based compiler). Their current release sells | for $300.00 on the little blue box. I would commit to the purchase if the | port time was reasonable. If C='s (federal systems?) marketroids had any long-range vision, they would pay R&R's (or Meridian's, or Verdix's, or ...) development costs _for_ them. Then again, weren't they the same people who said, "Desktop III? What's a desktop eye-eye-eye?" Regards, -- Will Bralick | ... when princes think more of bralick@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu | luxury than of arms, they lose bralick@gondor.cs.psu.edu | their state. with disclaimer; use disclaimer; | - Niccolo Machiavelli
lumsdon@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Lumsdon) (12/20/89)
No!! _Please_ don't ask Meridian to port their miserable excuse for an Ada compiler to the Amiga! Encourage anyone but _them_! I've used Meridian on a PC/AT, and found it wanting. Bletch! Golly, I'd like to buy a hard disk and memory, and an Ada compiler for my Amy! Ada is the way, the truth,.... and DEC Ada is very nice! --- Esther Lumsdon David Taylor Research Center Annapolis Lab cm 301-267-3816 av 281-3816
schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) (12/20/89)
>In article <6364@nigel.udel.EDU> MCVICKER_E%P1.LANCSP.AC.UK@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Manney) writes: >> >>Can anyone help me ?? >> I am in desperate need of and ADA compiler for the amiga >> Does anyone know of any that are available, and if so where >> from, and how much. In article <7993@ingr.com> phil@ingr.UUCP (Phil Johnson) responds: >There is no Ada compiler currently ported to the Amiga that I know of. > >I have been off the net for the past few weeks and have not compiled all of the >responses to my request of Ada interest. Off the top of my head there were >thirty-five or so responses, several with multiple interested parties. >R&R Software of Madison, WI has said that there is some internal interest in >porting the JANUS Ada compiler (validated) to the Amiga, BUT there would have >to be significant interest expressed in the port (ie I think they would like >us to commit to buying the Amiga-based compiler). Their current release sells >for $300.00 on the little blue box. I would commit to the purchase if the >port time was reasonable. > >Another possibility might be the University of York Ada compiler. I believe >they several port in progress. According to the December 1989 list of Ada compilers validated by the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), as distributed by the Ada Information Clearinghouse there are no validated Ada compilers for the Amiga. Fred Fish Disk #154 contains an Ada syntax checker, but I haven't looked at it yet. The validated compilers list identifies 5 MS-DOS Ada compilers (AETECH's IntegrAda, AlsyCOMP by Alsys, Meridian Software's AdaVantage, JANUS/Ada by R.R Software, and TELESOFT's TeleGen2), and 3 MacIntosh Ada compilers (Alsys for the MacII running A/UX, Meridian for the MacII and Mac SE/30 running 6.0.3, and TELESOFT for the MacIIx running A/UX). I know that I'd be interested in buying an Ada compiler for the Amiga in the $300 price range. I suspect it will be a long time before there are any public domain or free Ada compilers (who would keep up with the validation requirements). The closest I see to non-commercial Ada compilers are the Navy compilers developed by the Naval Underwater Systems Center for VAX/VMS and the Navy standard computers (UYK-43, UYK-44, AYK-14), New York University's NYU Ada/Ed for the Sun-3/60 (running Sun UNIX), and the York Ada Compiler Environment from York Software Engineering Limited/University of York (is this an educational or commercial endeavor?). Jeff Schweiger -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger CompuServe: 74236,1645 Standard Disclaimer ARPAnet (Defense Data Network): schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************