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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8f734cdbc8408497 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: Gnat 2.06 Ada95 (unix) File format???? Date: 1996/06/20 Message-ID: <4qbu5h$p3f@felix.seas.gwu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 161227783 references: <4pmfr5$epc@news3.digex.net> <4pte3s$ae5@news.erinet.com> organization: George Washington University newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-06-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Robert Dewar wrote: >As for the CDROM, I have sent mucho messages to the "bloke who releases >the CDROMs", and never got an answer! Me too. I don't even bother anymore. Any advertiser too sleazy to answer questions is, IMHO, not worth a second look. >As I say, I think you do much better >to get the Walnut Creek CD ROM which is much more up to date -- I have >no commercial interest in either of these CD ROM's, I *do* have an interest >in people not getting stuck with obsolete junk when for the same price >they can get something much better! I speak here for nobody but myself.:-) A new edition of the Walnut Creek CD ROM is in production as we speak and will be out in July. It will contain GNAT 3.05. I too have no commercial interest in the CD ROM. I recommend it based on personal experience with the previous releases, and with the enthusiasm and dedication of Rick Conn of Monomuth University, who administers the PAL and organizes the files for the CD ROM. It is overall a nice cooperation among many providers, and IMHO is well worth the $39.95 it costs (for a 2 CD set). Walnut Creek also has a subscription arrangement. That said, I think it's easier to keep up with _GNAT_ by ftp, if you have ftp access. It is inevitable that by the time a CD ROM is produced and put in the sales stream, GNAT will at times have moved to a newer release. In a sense, your GNAT release on a CD is obsolete the day you get it. GNAT is a damn fine piece of work but is still evolving, so it is sensible to keep up with the releases, and - given the frequency of releases every couple of months or so - this is best done by ftp. Mike Feldman