From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a5088cb36a5004ea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-21 15:21:00 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!mv!news.mathworks.com!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!evans.pgh.pa.us!user From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA compiler on Mac? Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 09:12:11 -0400 Organization: The Toads Message-ID: References: <3816bn$n23@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.pgh.pa.us cc: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us, dewar@cs.nyu.edu Date: 1994-10-19T09:12:11-04:00 List-Id: In article <3816bn$n23@schonberg.cs.nyu.edu>, dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote: > I would also suggest that people who want Ada on the MAC also make > sure that Apple knows about it. After all, consider Art's threat to > move to another platform, that doesn't mean much to Rational, indeed > perhaps it would be convenient for them if he switches platforms, but > it sure means something to Apple. THe more people who let Apple know > they need Ada, the better. Yes, good idea! But, how best to do this? Apple's such a big organization that it's hard to see how to influence it. Apple, like most hardware vendors, produces little of the software that runs on the Mac. Now they even seem to be getting out of software development, as MPW seems not to be moving towards PowerPC. I think that Apple is perfectly happy to let CodeWarrior from Metrowerks take over this segment of the market. So, it seems to me that the best leverage for us is to push on MetroWerks to provide Ada support. They support C, C++ and Pascal; why not Ada 94 too? If you think MPW is the way to go, push on APDA, the part of Apple that sells products to software developers. I called them and asked about Ada support; they never heard of it. Or push on Symantec, which sells several products for C, C++ and Pascal. Other suggestions? Art Evans Arthur Evans Jr, PhD Phone: 412-963-0839 Ada Consulting FAX: 412-963-0927 461 Fairview Road Pittsburgh PA 15238-1933 evans@evans.pgh.pa.us