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Subject: Re: ada compiler?
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:14:28 +0000
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On 11/11/07 01:01, in article
lvsZi.13247$if6.1368@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net, "anon"
<anon@anon.org> wrote:

> You are missing the point. You should not assume that they need command
> line option until they ask for help that require that type of answer. And if
> there is a Ada language answer then that is the answer that should be the
> given. Not a simple command line answer which is vendor and/or version
> specific.
> 
...
> 
> Most beginners that are learning Ada just use:
> 
> Note: (Linux version)
> 
>     gnat compile <name>.adb
>     gnat bind <name>.ali
>     gnat link <name>.ali
>     ./<name>
...

Nonsense.

I managed labs that taught Ada to 500 beginners a year using GNAT,
and they did no such thing. What is *your* experience of teaching
Ada beginners, exactly?

-- 
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk