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From: eachus@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Robert Eachus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Amiga Ada
Summary: Keep those cards and letters coming..
Keywords: Ada, APSE
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Date: 22 Jul 88 22:47:38 GMT
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In article <423@afit-ab.arpa> wbralick@icc.UUCP (William A. Bralick Jr.) writes:
>Is anybody out there working on producing a validated Ada compiler
>and/or APSE?  The Amiga 2000 could really be an impressive Computer
>Aided Software Engineering (CASE) workstation ...
>
>Will

     I have talked to two Ada compiler vendors about porting their Ada
compilers to the  Amiga. RRSoftware and  Irvine Compiler  Corporation.
THe more interesting case  is ICC.   As  of   January, they had  their
compiler running on the  Amiga (with a  few  bugs to  be  found) using
Lattice C as a bootstrap tool.  Simply having an Ada compiler gets you
nowhere, you need lots  of additional pieces  of support, both  on the
Ada side and the Amiga side.

     The surprising  thing is  that ICC doesn't  think that there is a
viable market  for Ada  on the Amiga,  even though as of last December
everyone who worked there had one at home...  Also, ICC has  more work
than  they can  handle,  and usually   doesn't directly  market  their
compilers.  So if  you want an Ada compiler  for the Amiga, either let
ICC know just how many they can sell, or offer to help port and market
it.


					Robert I. Eachus

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