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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Forget about ada and start learning something like java ,visual
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Date: 2000/02/07
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In article <389e8bb6.617527@news.chariot.net.au>, groth@chariot.net.au (Gareth) writes:

> My major problem with Ada is the lack of tools to create a Win95/98/NT
> program with a *native* Win95/98/NT GUI.

The results of ObjectAda for Windows seem quite "native" to me.

> I've yet to see a freeware tool that will allow me to create a menu
> system for my Ada applications (running on the Windows OS) that
> actually looks like an MS Windows system.

But if you restrict the available solutions to freeware, you get what
freeware authors want to provide, and their tastes often will not run
to the Microsoft standards.