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In article <351@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes:
>I am toying with an idea, and am posting it on the net for some
>feedback.

	Uh-oh.. :-)

*FLAME ON*
>   1. Eligible participants would be college and university students
>      who have created Ada applications on and for the Macintosh.

	And exactly how many college and university students
do you know offhand that know Ada, much less write large programs in it?


>There are currently at least 3 validated Ada compilers for the
>Macintosh. TeleSoft (based in San Diego) and Alsys (based in Waltham,
>Mass.) have Ada compilers that run under A/UX on the Mac II. Meridian
>(based in Laguna Hills, Calif.) has an Ada compiler that runs under
>MPW on the Plus, SE and II.

	Again, just how many collegesstudents do you think have a Mac II
running A/UX? These things cost real money. I do know for a fact that at
CMU some students have Mac II's, but they are the exception rather than
the rule. (I should know, I used to go there.) And the same basically
holds for MPW; most students who program are going to be using Mac 512's,
Plus, or possibly SE machines, but MPW is demanding of hardware (and of $)
so the choice of software will be a mainstream product like Macintosh
Pascal or some similar beast.

>Let me know what you think (flames and all).

	I think it's a pretty impractical idea, myself.

>				-- Ed Berard
*FLAME OFF*

	Rich 

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