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From: Vadim Godunko <vgodunko@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada for 1st year students
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On Oct 9, 8:06 pm, amado.al...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> (2) Compilers. Must be free (as in free beer) or very low cost
> (perhaps an educational license) and install out-of-the box on Windows
> or Linux (or both, preferably). Must support Latin-1, preferably
> Unicode. The vendor should be prompt.
>
Both GNAT GPL and GNAT GAP (Academic) are free of charge, support
Linux 32/64 and Windows, easy for install.

> (3) IDE or text editor. Same requirements as above.
>
GPS is a part of the GNAT GPL/GAP.

> (4) Graphic or GUI library. (I want to be able to produce graphical
> output, not just the same old text output on a teletype-like window.)
> Same requirements as above, plus: a simple or small API, eventually at
> the cost of possibilities (e.g. may be limited to a single window, of
> a single fixed size, limited number of colors). Should have some
> support for input, e.g. textboxes, buttons, mouse input. Should use a
> simple fragment of Ada, viz. excluding OOP. Should support printing,
> or exporting to PDF or some such, or clipboard copying onto a "office"
> document, or any combination of the above. Support for a picture
> format would be a plus (PNG, JPEG...)
>
GtkAda and QtAda. But both has large and powerful API and use OOP.
QtAda has binary package for Windows.