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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Shareware ADA compilers, are there any out there?
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Date: 15 Jun 91 18:04:09 GMT
References: <1991Jun14.223039.13458@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu> <309@trwacs.UUCP>
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In article <309@trwacs.UUCP> erwin@trwacs.UUCP (Harry Erwin) writes:
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>It's unlikely that you'll find a certified shareware Ada compiler. DoD was
                                  ^^^^^^^^^
                                  I think you mean "validated."

>trying to discourage that sort of thing.

In ten years of working with Ada vendors and users, and knowing a number of
the DoD folks, I can say with confidence that I haven't a SHRED of evidence
that DoD "discouraged" anything except the proliferation of NON-VALIDATED
compilers. A shareware distributor who wanted to validate would, I'm sure,
be encouraged to do so. (Have you spoken to them recently?)

Mike