Other Languages
A group led by David A. Fisher developed the third validated Ada compiler using the Modular MicroEngine. This compiler was later transferred to mainframe/minicomputers under the name of GenSoft Ada. Ada was the only other full programming language available. Due to limited memory (62K 16-bit words, the last 2K words being reserved for memory-mapped I/O and PROM for the hard disk bootstrap code) only very small Ada programs could be compiled. At one point in the compilation the compiler swapped the operating system out to disk, to gain just a little more room.
"A(da" replaced "A(ssmble" on the main command menu. No native assembler was available or needed.
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