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From: warren@psu-cs.UUCP (Warren Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Re: Pascal dying out?
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Date: 18 Nov 88 04:12:16 GMT
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> ... other stuff deleted ... 
> For one thing, it's nearly impossible to put Ada on a micro.  Things
> like tasking, etc., just are *very* hard to do (I know of one
> implementation on a 386 machine w/16MB of memory, but that's it).
>   Extended Pascal is an attempt to add useful features to Pascal
> without making it too inefficient on small machines (or even big
> machines, for that matter).  At least, that's my understanding.
> (Personally, the only useful Ada systems I've worked with cost
> $50,000+ and need a VAX to run--I stick with Pascal for the rest!).
>   Just my thoughts....
> 
> 		Anton
I know this is comp.lang.pascal, but I just had to respond to this.
Based on literature I received from the AJPO, Janus Ada has become
validated which means it does all those things ... on a modest 286
to boot.  I've not used the validated compiler yet, but their earlier
ones seem quite reasonable (for $100), and run fine on my At w/640K.
True, they're kind of slow, and only create .COM files, but wadda ya
want fer a hundred bucks?  (actually, the validated on is closer to
$500 as I recall, and I think it will create .EXE files).

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