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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID,PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,808316b907252cba X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: John Breen Subject: Re: Looking for ADA Date: 1997/03/15 Message-ID: <332A3939.43F5@mad.scientist.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 225656181 References: <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Edith Cowan University Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Rick Thorne wrote:

In article <01bc2d83$4ca9e6a0$6966f4ce@wickline>, "Warren Wickline"
<wickline@comp-res.com> wrote:

> I'm still a college student, and I was wondering if anyone could help me
> find a cheap ada compiler.

For the PC?!? This is kind of like asking "Gee, I'm married with 8 kids.
Can anyone help me get a cheap divorce and keep my child support to a
minimum?"

Not really - GNAT is free, as is the ADACAPS�IDE which runs with it. Try ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu (at least I think that's it :))

As a college student, why are you bothering with Ada anyway? My
recommendations:

Some universities and colleges, like mine now use Ada rather than Pascal and C for teching programming. I was forced to learn Ada 83 and now Ada-95 just because my Uni. decided to change my course on me.

1) Learn C, C++, Java, and other language technologies that actually have
a future in the US.

2) Don't sweat Ada unless you get a job in a US DoD contractor's shop or a
job in Europe, then let THEM pay you to work while you learn the language.

Cheers,

john Breen