Re: Ada for Windows

[mdisea!mothost!schbbs!news@uunet.uu.net (David Tannen)]

In article uupcb@mwbbs.com, kevin.davis@mwbbs.com (Kevin Davis)  writes:
>I would like to know if there is a Ada compiler for the Windows
>Operating system.  If you do please tell me where and how much it does
>it cost to buy and where to buy it.
>
>Kevin Davis
>KevinD1701@aol.com
>kevindavis@delphi.com
>
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Kevin,
You have three choices @ the moment:
	Meridian Ada (1-800-653-2522)
	Integr Ada (advertisment in the current BYTE - near the back)
	R&R Ada (?)
all have  MS-Windows Ada compiler.  I have no experience concerning any of thes
e compilers
except for Meridian's DOS Ada compilers.  I was also looking for a MS-Windows A
da environment
about year ago.  At that time I was very disappointed with the offerings.  I am
 now using Borland's
Object Pascal.  BP provides me w/ most of the features I like about Ada (strong
 typing is top of the
list and limited use of pointers).  Of course it doesn't have a couple of real 
useful things (overloading,
generics are two that come to mind right away).

But I am again looking into Ada and MS-Windows, but I am not holding my breath.
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David Tannen
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