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Subject: ada on micros
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 11:04:30 EDT
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FYI, I understand that there is an article in Feb. 19ths EDN magazineine  discussing
a validated Ada compiler for the IBM PC/AT.  This would seem to indicate that
640K is sufficient memory (I haven't read the article, so I don't know what
swapping may or may not be occurring).  I think two things inhibit an Ada for
the Apple II, most important, PCs are what is used by most gov't and business
sites, not Apple II's, and secondly, DoD trademarked Ada so that only true
Ada could use the name, inhibiting anything like micro-Ada, small-Ada, etc.
At least until recently, all Ada compilers, even on large machines, delivered
slow code.  Until good compilers appear for more commonly used machines (for
this type of application that is), no one's going to bother with a relatively
tiny market for Apple Ada.
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