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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,69721e11a941b247 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-08 07:53:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!usenet From: "John R. Strohm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Good and (relatively) cheap Ada code browsing software? Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 08:01:08 -0500 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Message-ID: X-Orig-Message-ID: References: <13555786.0304070801.2a028536@posting.google.com> Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1-aux.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Tue Apr 8 09:51:05 2003 NNTP-Posting-Host: !XAEF1k-Wi`e45p (Encoded at Airnews!) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35994 Date: 2003-04-08T08:01:08-05:00 List-Id: "Mike" wrote in message news:13555786.0304070801.2a028536@posting.google.com... > I've been looking for an IDE or similar software tool that would let > me trace through some complex and badly documented Ada code I have to > work with. You know - click on a variable and find out instantly where > it was created and were else it was used. Or click on a > function/procedure name to see what else it calls and what objects it > contains, etc. > > I did find a program that does this and does it very well - > "Understand for Ada" by STI. I'm currently evaluating it and it does > everything I need and more. However its also $9000 for a single > licence. Before I try to convince my boss to shell out that much money > I was wondering if anyone knew of any other programs with similar > functionality that cost less. And if they aren't quite as powerful as > UforAda that is fine. Or is STI charging that much because they know > they have a monopoly in this area? Some obvious marketing questions come to mind. 1. How much would you be willing to spend out of your own personal pocket for a single-user license? 2. Figuring engineer costs conservatively at $250,000/man-year (fully burdened), you are looking at $125/man-hour. How many hours of work do you expect this package to save you?