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: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-08 16:50:04 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail From: raj Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Subject: Beginner's Ide Message-ID: <7p1hfto4sa6d4sek62ipntjsrvaqsvodtt@4ax.com> References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9d867n$ort13@news.kvaerner.com> <9d8st9$t2r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 23:46:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.144.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au 989365580 203.164.144.2 (Wed, 09 May 2001 09:46:20 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 09:46:20 EST Organization: @Home Network Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7347 comp.lang.lisp:9845 comp.lang.smalltalk:9598 comp.lang.functional:5574 comp.lang.scheme:3707 comp.lang.perl:2720 Date: 2001-05-08T23:46:20+00:00 List-Id: >You're right - there is no advantage over Ada. This is especially true since >Gnat is generally available, of descent quality and has plenty of >educational materials associated with it. A prof can hand students an >intro-level text, a compiler, an IDE with debugging capabilites and plenty >of examples of working code - all of it free or reasonably inexpensive (The >book is about all you'd have to pay for.) The GNAT IDE should be avoided like the plague. Aonix do a nice free ( for noncommercial use ) compiler + Ide that should be fine for students.