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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.59.205 with SMTP id m13mr10333165qah.7.1370937140829; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:52:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.12.141 with SMTP id y13mr659483qeb.41.1370937140813; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!p1no4549857qaj.0!news-out.google.com!y6ni1724qax.0!nntp.google.com!ch1no4016998qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:52:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=195.182.34.201; posting-account=bMuEOQoAAACUUr_ghL3RBIi5neBZ5w_S NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.182.34.201 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <663a8eb1-8c7f-4c90-9a90-0a44f2123e67@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Gnat 2013 is out! From: Maciej Sobczak Injection-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:52:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:15730 Date: 2013-06-11T00:52:20-07:00 List-Id: W dniu =C5=9Broda, 29 maja 2013 15:36:31 UTC+2 u=C5=BCytkownik J-P. Rosen n= apisa=C5=82: > Just connected to libre and surprise! The site proposed the 2013 edition! And still the Windows package for GNAT (+GPS) comes without AWS already ins= talled. The AWS installation breaks GPS (that is, after make install of AWS the GPS= program crashes at the start). I had to reinstall GPS after that to get it= working again. And still I would like to encourage my friend on Windows to try AWS as a wa= y to get introduced to Ada and I don't want to force him to install Cygwin.= He has some website development experience and I'm sure that AWS would be = a jaw-dropping show for him, but under one condition: It Must Work Out Of T= he Box. Is it really so difficult to make more inclusive package for Windows users?= Like, you know, so that the marketing phrase "Get started today!" actually= makes sense? GPS already comes with some libraries prepackaged - why not t= he flagship AWS, which is a great way to preach Ada to newcomers? (Still perplexed with the marketing clumsiness of the Ada vendors.) --=20 Maciej Sobczak * http://www.msobczak.com * http://www.inspirel.com