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From: dorner@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Mac ADA for MPW
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Date: 16 May 88 15:47:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxg.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner    May 16 10:47:00 1988


>Unfortunately, I am looking for an Ada compiler to learn the language on,
>not to become a Department of Defense contract programmer, so I can't afford

The only reason I can think of to learn Ada is to become a Department of
Defense contract programmer :-).

Seriously, I doubt you'll find low-cost Ada, due to its narrow market
(DoD), the bucks that narrow market has (mega), the extensive verfication
requirements, and DoD's refusal to license subsets.

I saw an ad a couple of years ago for a PC Ada compiler.  They sold it with
a 5M memory board, and the compiler ran in 80286 protected mode.  Ada is big.
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