pls unsubscribe me. Ada Marketing wrote: > Frank, > > Is this article available on line anywhere? > > We used to point to this movie since the graphic displays shown in their > computer room were developed with our TeleUSE product. Of course being a movie, > most of the screens were just mock ups. I had this strange feeling that it > might not actually do anything if you pressed the various buttons. :) > > Beard, Frank wrote: > > > > Okay, I found the article about "Jurassic Park". > > > > It was in Federal Computer Week (September 27, 1993) > > in an article titled "Tri-Ada '93 Speakers Urge More Ada Use", > > by Connie Winkler. > > > > It's not exactly as I remembered, but close. Some partial > > quotes follow: > > > > But In fact, the more than 1,000 attendees here learned > > that the distance between government Ada projects, such > > as blah blah blah, and the amazing dinosaurs in "Jurassic > > Park" may be shorter than they realized. > > > > "The [Ada] community has been building games for the > > longest time; now think small and cheap and then you'll > > be there, " offered Way Ting, Vice President of the Visual > > Magic Division at Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, Calif., > > which generated the 3-D computer graphics for the hit movie. > > > > Further down in the article: > > > > Although Ting does not dictate to his programmers which > > language to use, Ada is the perfect fit for today's interactive > > multimedia applications, he said. > > > > Ting described how a Silicon Graphics Ada star programmed > > a voice recognition application in 4 1/2 days that used only > > 3 percent of the CPU, while the C++ version took two months > > and consumed 17 percent of the CPU. > > > > So, I'm not sure if any of the original "Jurassic Park" movie was > > done in Ada, or just the voice recognition software mentioned. > > > > Frank > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Beard, Frank [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 7:42 PM > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: Re: Ada RTOS. > > > > > > Does anyone else recall that the animation/graphics for the > > > movie Jurassic Park was written in Ada? > > > > > > I seem to recall reading an article that said they originally > > > wrote it in C++, but it was taking 30% of the CPU. They > > > re-wrote it in Ada and it only took 3% of the CPU. I also > > > seem to recall that it was done by a group at Silicon > > > Graphics on their workstations. > > > > > > That was a pretty good App, but nobody seemed to > > > notice it was Ada. > > > > > > Frank > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Chris Sparks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 11:13 AM > > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Subject: Re: Ada RTOS. > > > > > > > > Robin Reagan wrote: > > > > > > > > > The "high level of support" is where the money can be made (See ACT). > > > > > > > > I am assuming you are referring to the fact that ACT is not cheap. I > > > see > > > > this > > > > as a dual edged sword. The high cost can real turn people off. > > > > > > > > > The support I have been getting from WindRiver is good technically but > > > > is not > > > > > what I consider in a timely manner. > > > > > > > > Amen to that! > > > > > > > > > The "Killer app" part is unimportant. What is important is showing > > > > > (the non-Ada community) that Ada can compete where it counts. If we > > > > can't > > > > > show that Ada can compete in the area that is was designed for we have > > > > no > > > > > hope in other areas. > > > > > > > > I disagree. Ada can compete anywhere, whether it was designed for > > > > embedded software or not. I convinced a down in the trenches C/C++ > > > > teacher in college when I did my graphics class that Ada really can do > > > > graphics! He didn't think it was possible. I was even going against > > > the > > > > odds since I didn't have much in the way of supporting graphical > > > libraries > > > > to reuse. > > > > > > > > > The problem with Linux is the GPL. I work in an area that giving away > > > > the > > > > > source > > > > > would not be acceptable to my employer (And I agree with this). Is > > > there > > > > an > > > > > RT/embedded BSD? > > > > > > > > This giving away code or not giving away code is going to be a thorn. > > > > True > > > > we all benefit from free software, however, some of us like to earn > > > money. > > > > Call me crazy, however, I would hate to see my hard efforts go to a > > > pirate > > > > who makes money off my labor. There may be some pieces of software > > > > that is truly deserving of being free because of its common application > > > or > > > > lack of marketability. These I don't have a problem with. The other > > > > types > > > > of software, well, needs to be determined if it is a give away or some > > > > other > > > > form of licensing. > > > > > > > > Chris Sparks > > -- > > Greg Gicca > Aonix Ada Marketing account > [log in to unmask]