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: 103376,7b73eb137e4ed638 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-16 08:06:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compilers Date: 16 May 2002 08:06:36 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0205160706.52667440@posting.google.com> References: <3CE2AF22.2060208@gmx.spam.egg.sausage.and.spam.net> <3CE2C8FD.CDD0E75B@nbi.dk> <3ce2e29f.0@news.unibw-muenchen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1021561596 21656 127.0.0.1 (16 May 2002 15:06:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 May 2002 15:06:36 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24203 Date: 2002-05-16T15:06:36+00:00 List-Id: "Kai Schuelke" wrote in message news:<3ce2e29f.0@news.unibw-muenchen.de>... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pascal Obry" > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:38 PM > Subject: Re: Ada Compilers > > > > Note that there is only one free (speech) Ada compiler, and it is the > single > > Ada compiler to implement all Ada annexes. > could you please explain whats the difference to the Aonix compiler? Or > which annexes the other compilers didn't implement? I am just a beginner but > my first impression was that Aonix produced more "reliable" results. But > thats just a feeling. Well, I certianly can't explain why you'd think its results are more "reliable", unless this is some new meaning to the word of which I am unaccustomed. :-) The free (no cost) downloadable Aonix compiler doesn't support the distributed system annex. There might be some more annexes it doesn't have either, but nothing that would impair a beginner's ability to program on Windows. It main drawback is that it is crippleware. Once your program gets past a certian size, the compiler will refuse to compile it. If you are just playing around with little programs, you aren't likely to hit that limit though. If you do, you can fix that by going out and purchasing the full version, which I understand is not too much more expensive than VisualC++. Not a bad deal at all really. The Gnu Ada compiler is free in terms of freedom; it, and thus its users, are not in thrall to any one vendor or person. (See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html for more about what "Free Software" is all about). It is not crippled in any real way, and I believe implements *all* the annexes. Its main drawback for some is that its IDE doesn't resemble the VisualC++ IDE, which a lot of newbie programmers get lost without. If you are comfortable (or want to learn to become comfortable) with Emacs, then this is probably the free compiler for you. Apparently a VC++ style IDE is on the way too. -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html (down)