Xref: utzoo comp.misc:3517 comp.lang.ada:1492 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!ukma!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl From: cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How widespread is Ada now? Summary: Where are PD/Cheap learning ADA Compilers? Message-ID: <5395@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 22 Sep 88 14:28:32 GMT References: <917@naucse.UUCP> <1378@sun.soe> Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 17 In the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, NASA and DOD have not required ADA, but have been notably impressed with those folks who DO use it. In contrast, a co-worker just finished a project with Goddard that had all software written in QuickBASIC! Has anyone seen a PD/Shareware/Cheap ADA compiler for learning purposes? As any commercial package must be DOD approved or whatever, they tend to be *pricey*, but a learning version (a la) TurboADA or QuickADA) could be fairly cheap and cost effective for learning the language. Janus/ADA is $129 but I'm looking even cheaper. -- Charles Lord ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl Usenet Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Bitnet #include#include