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Hello,
Since I develop desktop applications for both my job and for hobby, and GUI apps and command-line apps, my answer is: "yes, you can!".
For 3, have a look there:
  http://sf.net/directory/language:ada/
or other open-source platforms.
For 5, I've never seen an Ada development system that was *not* incremental.
It's probably because Ada is modular from day one (really modular, not the hacks with "include"'s).
For 6, you might see a significant difference only "hello-world"-size programs. You might be concerned only if you intend to develop for a 8-bit platform. For desktop apps, not a problem.
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Gautier's Ada programming -- http://sf.net/users/gdemont/