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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d20a6e14662ad471 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-24 08:15:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!easynews!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BD6DA99.9984730C@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advice needed! Ada compilers for school project. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:13:29 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1003936415 151.168.144.162 (Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:13:35 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:13:35 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15130 Date: 2001-10-24T10:13:29-05:00 List-Id: Ben wrote: > 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. Sounds like a shill for ACT! :-) Seriously, when it comes to helpful diagnostic messages for beginners, GNAT is the best! And if you're REALLY ambitious, you can recompile it yourself and have the messages reference paragraphs in your home-brewed language guide! -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau