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: 103376,5139fc56317e5bf1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-11 04:42:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C67AEF6.CE33656E@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How many Ada programmers does it take to change a light bulb? References: <3C672981.EF98DCB2@acm.org> <3c679ff6.5846156@news.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:42:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.178.180.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1013431358 63.178.180.91 (Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:42:38 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:42:38 PST X-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:42:38 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19857 Date: 2002-02-11T12:42:38+00:00 List-Id: John McCabe wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 02:16:41 GMT, Jeffrey Carter > wrote: > > >Gavin Small wrote: > >> > >> Now all I need is a compiler? or interpreter? (pref. free) > > > >None. Ada is used by software engineers, not programmers. > > > >One free Ada compiler is GNAT, available from > > > >ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/ > > > >The most recent free version is 3.14p. Other vendors supply free > >evaluation/student versions of their compilers, also. > > As you would know if you'd bothered to carry out a search on Google > groups. See > http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=free%20compiler&as_ugroup=comp.lang.ada&lr=lang_en&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=2000&as_maxd=11&as_maxm=2&as_maxy=2002&hl=en Hey y'all! Lighten up! Being snitty is hardly the way to endear a new Ada programmer to the language or this news group! Sheesh! Gavin, if you're running Linux, there are ready-to-go RPMs for GNAT and associated development tools at www.gnuada.org. Marc A. Criley Consultant Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com