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- From: sampson@nosc.mil (Charles H. Sampson)
- Subject: Re: C++ vs. Ada -- Is Ada loosing?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.161150.23301@nosc.mil>
- Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation
- References: <15@mlb.win.net> <1992Dec23.221817.28758@seas.gwu.edu> <withrow.13.0@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:11:50 GMT
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- In article <withrow.13.0@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> withrow@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Jim Withrow) writes:
-
- >If I did not work on a project which REQUIRED the use of embedded Ada, I
- >don't think I would have purchased that 30K cross compiler from Alsys. I
- >see no justification for the high cost of that compiler. (That cost 6x more
- >than the cost of the 486/DX2-66 computer you use to work on the project!)
- >Imagine if you had 4 people working on the project, you would need 48K for
- >the four compilers, for just the first year!
-
- While I can't defend Alsys's specific prices without more information,
- one justification for the high cost of a compiler for a naked machine is
- that the vendor has had to develop an entire executive (rather than tying
- into an existing DOS or UNIX) and must amortize that cost over a small
- customer base. Basically, the high cost is for the RTE and the cross-
- compiling utilities, not for the compiler itself.
-
- Charlie
-