Re: Future with Ada

[Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>]

Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com> wrote:
:    Lots of positive responses.   However, the consensus was
: that it would be nice to have an intelligent development environment
: similar to that available in Java as well as an easier set of libraries
: such as the one they learned when learning Java.

It may not be obvious, look as unfamiliar as a one-eyed dog,
but there is an IDE that provides "checked" and "unchecked"
identifier completion, an abundance of source code templates,
compiler integration, debugger integration, source code
browsing (including Ada's library, installed 3rd party libraries,
and your own units), integrated help system, interface to
source code control systems, ...

It doesn't cost any money, you can use it with your mouse,
but you first have to do what you have to do for efficient
use of _any_ decent IDE: read a few pages of documentation.

The thing is called  Ada mode for Emacs + GNAT ali files.
You are not surprised, are you?

Georg