Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jdg From: jdg@elmgate.UUCP (Jeff Gortatowsky) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: ACTION and the ST Message-ID: <526@elmgate.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 08:47:47 EDT Article-I.D.: elmgate.526 Posted: Thu Sep 18 08:47:47 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Sep-86 22:46:18 EDT References: <8609140229.AA21054@mitre-bedford.ARPA> Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY Lines: 33 Summary: ACTION *may* be coming for the ST but NOT from OSS > I would love to see the reaction of some of you language experts to OSS's > ACTION! for the Atari 8-bitters. It is structured, but reputedly so close to > ........ > If we are REALLY lucky, maybe OSS will come out with an ACTION! compiler for > the ST. Then maybe the DoD will select it to replace ADA!!! > > -John Sangster > jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa Finally! A subject *I* know about.... 8^) ACTION! is owned by ACTION COMPUTER Services, not OSS. OSS merely has the 8 bit rights to sell ACTION!. Clint Parker, the author of ACTION!, is working with Quantum MicroSystems Inc. of Syracuse NY now (under contract?) from his home in Delaware. If I understand the owner of QMI (John DeMar), Clint *MAY* be working on ACTION! for the ST. However it's not even close to being finished and the original will be extended to dispell some short comings of the original language. Personally I think, this late in the game ACTION! may have missed any 'window of opportunity' it might have had. The first paragraph is basically correct as I met with Mr. DeMar only a couple of weeks ago and my brother is presently writing for QMI. The second is pure conjecture on my part. -- Jeff Gortatowsky {allegra,seismo}!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jdg Eastman Kodak Company