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The Vendors
ACVC Validated Ada 95 Compilers |
We have the addresses, www sites, email and phone contacts, as well as some short product descriptions for all major Ada compiler vendors.
Several compilers are "free" (but not "public-domain"). Most are under GNU "copyleft", which means basically that they can be freely copied and modified as long as modifications are distributed under the same scheme.
Contrary to a widespread myth, inexpensive Ada compilers are available. They are especially inexpensive when you consider the amount of support the language gives you with compile-time and run-time checking.
The Ada vendors want to encourage the use of Ada in education, so please take advantage of it. If a professor doesn't have an Ada compiler, he probably didn't try to get one.
There is a growing list of validated Ada 95 compilers. Note that the AJPO/AdaIC has closed (no more government funding). Validations are still going on at two facilities, one of which (EDS) publishes results.
Page last modified: 1998-12-25