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From: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ada 'n' FTP !!
Keywords: Ada Compiler for the Amiga
Message-ID: <493@cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 19 Dec 89 23:00:08 GMT
References: <6364@nigel.udel.EDU> <7993@ingr.com>
Reply-To: schweige@cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
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>In article <6364@nigel.udel.EDU> MCVICKER_E%P1.LANCSP.AC.UK@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Manney) writes:
>>
>>Can anyone help me ??
>>   I am in desperate need of and ADA compiler for the amiga
>>   Does anyone know of any that are available, and if so where
>>   from, and how much.


In article <7993@ingr.com> phil@ingr.UUCP (Phil Johnson) responds:
>There is no Ada compiler currently ported to the Amiga that I know of.
>
>I have been off the net for the past few weeks and have not compiled all of the
>responses to my request of Ada interest.  Off the top of my head there were 
>thirty-five or so responses, several with multiple interested parties.


>R&R Software of Madison, WI has said that there is some internal interest in
>porting the JANUS Ada compiler (validated) to the Amiga, BUT there would have
>to be significant interest expressed in the port (ie I think they would like
>us to commit to buying the Amiga-based compiler).  Their current release sells
>for $300.00 on the little blue box.  I would commit to the purchase if the 
>port time was reasonable.
>
>Another possibility might be the University of York Ada compiler.  I believe 
>they several port in progress.


According to the December 1989 list of Ada compilers validated by the Ada
Joint Program Office (AJPO), as distributed by the Ada Information Clearinghouse
there are no validated Ada compilers for the Amiga.  Fred Fish Disk #154
contains an Ada syntax checker, but I haven't looked at it yet.

The validated compilers list identifies 5 MS-DOS Ada compilers (AETECH's
IntegrAda, AlsyCOMP by Alsys, Meridian Software's AdaVantage, JANUS/Ada by
R.R Software, and TELESOFT's TeleGen2), and 3 MacIntosh Ada compilers
(Alsys for the MacII running A/UX, Meridian for the MacII and Mac SE/30
running 6.0.3, and TELESOFT for the MacIIx running A/UX).

I know that I'd be interested in buying an Ada compiler for the Amiga in
the $300 price range.  I suspect it will be a long time before there are any
public domain or free Ada compilers (who would keep up with the validation
requirements).  The closest I see to non-commercial Ada compilers are the
Navy compilers developed by the Naval Underwater Systems Center for VAX/VMS
and the Navy standard computers (UYK-43, UYK-44, AYK-14), New York University's
NYU Ada/Ed for the Sun-3/60 (running Sun UNIX), and the York Ada Compiler
Environment from York Software Engineering Limited/University of York (is this
an educational or commercial endeavor?).

Jeff Schweiger


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