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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-10 09:12:08 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.stealth.net!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3AFABE69.F35413E4@worldnet.att.net> From: James Rogers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Beginner's Ide References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9d867n$ort13@news.kvaerner.com> <9d8st9$t2r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <7p1hfto4sa6d4sek62ipntjsrvaqsvodtt@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:12:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.86.38.36 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 989511128 12.86.38.36 (Thu, 10 May 2001 16:12:08 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:12:08 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7487 Date: 2001-05-10T16:12:08+00:00 List-Id: Charles Hixson wrote: > > Pascal Obry wrote in > : > > > > >... > >Sure, you just need a PIII 800Mhz with lots of memory to > >start working with a decent environment :) > > > >Pascal. > > > > Well, Java does have a bit of overhead, but PCGrasp doesn't > recognize the current GNAT, so I could hardly recommend that > without an appropriate context. And it isn't exactly portable. > I suppose that someday I may learn EMACS well enough to > understand why some people recommend it, but everytime I've > looked at it so far, I've bounced into an easier way to do the > job. (And I *do* like syntax highlighting.) > > If I were just working in Linux there would probably be several > choices, but wanting a portable IDE (which *I* do) makes it more > difficult. > I find both these comments quite perplexing. I frequently teach programming courses using both PCGrasp and JGrasp. I use JGrasp on my 400MHZ laptop computer with no performance issues. PCGrasp can easily be modified to recognize the current version of GNAT. Simply copy the delivered version of the GNAT compiler model and edit the directory paths. This work takes less than one minute. Once done it does not need to be repeated. Jim Rogers Colorado Springs, Colorado USA