Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

[�տ���]

Hi.

I'm currently using GNAT 3.11 on Windows98 but I found the compiler's window
is never positioned where I want it to be and the window is too small and
inconvenient to enter a long code.

Would someone recommend any best or better compiler for the beginner of
Ada95?

Thank you for your help.

Re: Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

[Martin C. Carlisle]

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In article <37a6b91e.0@kastagir.senet.com.au>,
�տ��� <taiji@senet.com.au> wrote:
>I'm currently using GNAT 3.11 on Windows98 but I found the compiler's window
>is never positioned where I want it to be and the window is too small and
>inconvenient to enter a long code.

Your question is hard for me to understand.  What do you mean by "the 
compiler's window is never where I want it to be"?  What kind of window
would be big and convenient for you to enter a "long code"?

--Martin


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Re: Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

[jerry]

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�տ��� <taiji@senet.com.au> wrote:

: I'm currently using GNAT 3.11 on Windows98 but I found the compiler's window
: is never positioned where I want it to be and the window is too small and
: inconvenient to enter a long code.

I do not understand your problem. GNAT is a command-line compiler that -on
Win98- can work with two IDE's: Emacs or AdaGide. Size & position of Emacs
can be controlled by adding startup parameters, AdaGide can be moved &
enlarged, up to full screen size the usual way.

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Re: Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

[Marin David Condic]

"�տ���" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm currently using GNAT 3.11 on Windows98 but I found the compiler's window
> is never positioned where I want it to be and the window is too small and
> inconvenient to enter a long code.
>

I'm guessing that you are really talking about the AdaGIDE editor that comes
with GNAT. Positioning the window where you want it should just be a matter of
clicking on the bar and dragging it. You can also grab one of the corners and
enlarge the window to as large as you like.

Note that GNAT does not depend on AdaGIDE. You can use any text editor (e.g.
Notepad) you like as long as it will produce a simple ASCII text file. Then you
open an MS-DOS window and invoke the compiler from the command line.

>
> Would someone recommend any best or better compiler for the beginner of
> Ada95?

GNAT is a good choice for the beginner because it is readily available for the
cost of a download and can be run quite simply from the command line. Aonix has
a good product, but in my experience it is more complex to set up and use.
Here's a list of URLs for some of the Ada vendors that are out there. You can
always check http://www.adahome.com/ for a more complete list. See my web page
links section for additional Ada resources.

http://www.gnat.com/
http://www.aonix.com/
http://www.ddci.com/
http://www.ghs.com/
http://www.averstar.com/
http://ocsystems.com/
http://www.rational.com/
http://www.rrsoftware.com/
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Re: Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

[Ed Falis]

On Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:25:16 -0400, Marin David Condic <condicma@bogon.pwfl.com> wrote:

> GNAT is a good choice for the beginner because it is readily available for the
> cost of a download and can be run quite simply from the command line. Aonix has
> a good product, but in my experience it is more complex to set up and use.

ObjectAda "Special Edition" is also available for the cost of a download at www.aonix.com, and supports a command line mode.  It's also 
directly compatible with other tools on Windows, and has an MSVC-like IDE.

- Ed Falis
Aonix

Re: Which compiler is best for first year CS student?

[Ian Thomson]

"�տ���" wrote:
> 

> Would someone recommend any best or better compiler for the beginner of
> Ada95?
> 
I'm assuming that you mean a better development environment.  I _highly_
recommmend GRASP:
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/department/cse/research/grasp/ 

hth

ian

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