Re: GNAT GPL Edition - on the plus side

[randomm@mindless.com]

Steve wrote:
> My experience:
>
> GNAT GPL Edition includes the first version of GPS I have run on Windows
> that I haven't removed after a few days of frustration.

I think GPS is dreadful; it has an outmoded look and feel and I am
probably missing something, but it never seems to remember the most
recent project, instead defaulting to the BIN installation directory
which is very frustrating.   When it comes time to buy a compiler and
IDE, I'll be looking for a toolset which is a little friendlier and
more modern-looking.

Even though it's not fancy, John English's GnatIDE 1.4 is a lot easier
to use, at least with small projects.  (Thanks, Doc!)  It seems to be
smarter about things like naming Ada body files, etc.

> The compiler seems to just plain work (as usual).

True enough...

I'm new to Ada, but I've been writing code for a long time.  This may
be a testament to Ada standards as much as to GNAT, but I haven't seen
any compiler (aside from GNAT 3.15p) which ate up everything in any
example I cut-and-pasted from any source (online tutorial, text book,
etc.)  That is certainly an extremely valuable aspect of Ada and GNAT-
uniformity is good for beginners and pros alike.

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> IMHO the folks at AdaCore have done a great job.

Ditto!  And you can't beat the price.

Rand