From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6e05ccfb86f30aa,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Al Christians Subject: Is Ada Any Good for Windows? Date: 1996/10/16 Message-ID: <3265CA04.521A@easystreet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190118462 sender: Ada programming language references: comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Trillium Resources Corporation mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win16; U) Date: 1996-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: There has been some discussion lately of bindings to enable Windows(32) programming from Ada, and of what Ada is used for. I should like to combine these and ask, is Ada any good for Windows GUI programming? In particular, are there any toolsets now or RSN that make developing a snazzy Windows GUI as quick and easy as it is with some of the RAD tools like Visual Age this'n'that, Optima++, Delphi, and Whatnot? Should I figure that if I use Ada for my industrial-strength, very-long-lifecycle projects, should I also use other languages for cost-effective quicky projects? If not, what Ada tools fit this bill? In particular: 1. Is there a low-cost or free version of Adasage that can includes a decent GUI maker for Windows 32? 2. Is there anything like that coming with the next release or two of GNAT? 3. How do the Thomson products for Ada under Windows stack up against the competitive packages for other languages for doing quick and easy UI's? Al