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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577c9f9c0cdd76d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Gautier Subject: Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing Date: 1999/11/02 Message-ID: <381F0B97.8DBCFFC8@maths.unine.ch>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 543546155 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7vbtof$de9$1@oceanite.cybercable.fr> <38199224_3@news1.prserv.net> <3819A44A.9F5E6B97@maths.unine.ch> <7vhh53$81f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <381DE427.4A04F864@maths.unine.ch> <7vml31$pk0$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Universit=E9?= de =?iso-8859-1?Q?Neuch=E2tel?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > That's a bit of a bizarre comment, since it applies to any > operating system environment. In particular, if you are already > under MachTen, then the same is true of MachTen, so what's your > point??? Maybe I'm wrong, but MachTen doesn't come with every Mac that comes out of the factory. Never seen even a free run-time module wandering somewhere. Maybe a diagram could explain my point: Machine OS (*) Programming env. Ada compiler -------------------------------------------------------------- PC $ Windows $ a minimal one built-in x GNAT x Mac $ MacOS $ MachTen $ GNAT x (*): the miserable one that comes with almost every PC and every Mac. Note that a Windows-free new PC can exist. $: you pay! x: it's free! The extra $ for Mac is a bit a handicap and a (stupid) way to discourage programmation (not Ada specific). In addition, these programming environments are highly uncompatible between them. Again, correct me if I'm wrong! > I did not realize that the Lineo DR-DOS was a free software > product, under what license is the source code released? IIRC for individuals & education it's free. However it's not open-source (they released the kernel source for a time)... > Are you speaking from experience? Before moving to PC, the computing science department here was screwed with all these MPW, CodeWarrior & Co, licenses, command shells being not compatible between their sub-sub-versions (very subversive...). Maybe there are more positive experiences... Gautier