Re: Advice needed! Ada compilers for school project.

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@west.raytheon.com>]

Ben wrote:
> 
> I am taking a college Programming Languages course. Our semester
> project is to write a language manual on the language given to us.
> Mine is Ada.
> 
> We will be required to assign a lab to the class in the language
> assigned to us. So I will be assigning a lab in Ada. My professor has
> asked each of us to specify a compiler that we would like to have
> installed.
> 
> So, I shall ask those with experience: what Ada compiler would be best
> suited for students with no experience in Ada, easy to use or pick up,
> easy to write instructions for.
> 
> If there are multiple compilers that fit the bill then please list all
> of them.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Regards,
> Ben

GNAT would be your best.  You can get from:

ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/

Also if you are using Windows, get the latest GUI (AdaGIDE) from:

http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/mcc_html/adagide.html

Jerry
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