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 07:14:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pipehawk.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: john.mccabe@emrad.ns.com (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How many Ada programmers does it take to change a light bulb? Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:13:41 GMT Organization: Emrad Ltd Message-ID: <3c67df2f.22031249@news.demon.co.uk> References: <3C672981.EF98DCB2@acm.org> <3c679ff6.5846156@news.demon.co.uk> <3C67AEF6.CE33656E@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1013440391 nnrp-13:28792 NO-IDENT pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19865 Date: 2002-02-11T15:13:41+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:42:38 GMT, "Marc A. Criley" wrote: >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! So just how many times have you answered this question? Wouldn't you prefer it if (given that you've answered it so many times in the past) you didn't have to answer it again? If the OP didn't know about Google Groups, then they do now so at least I've been informative. If they did know about Google Groups then they should have checked for what is most definitely a FAQ!