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: 103376,4da6c888f5e56b41 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-24 09:00:10 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!stern.fokus.gmd.de!gmdtub!cs.tu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!fub!zib-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!newshost.marcam.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!telesoft!bhart From: bhart@alsys.com (Bill Hart @ignite) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Help finding Ada tools Message-ID: Date: 24 Feb 95 17:00:10 GMT References: Sender: news@thomsoft.com (USENET News Admin @flash) Distribution: usa Organization: Thomson Software Products, San Diego, CA, USA Date: 1995-02-24T17:00:10+00:00 List-Id: In bwalker@nosc.mil (Beth Walker) writes: >My group is gearing up for a new development. Several things are still up >in the air (OS, programming language). What we go with will largely depend >on the availability of tools. If we can't come up with an Ada compiler and >GUI builder, the management is going to default to C, as there are several >tools available. >I would like pointers to good Ada compilers and GUI builders for the >following Operating sytems/environments (in order of preference). The Ada >implementation must support tasking (ActivAda does not have tasking with >Win32s). --> I hate to sound irreverent - but how does C support tasking under --> Win32s? Perhaps I don't know C well enough and there exists a --> portable, tasking C compiler for... > Microsoft Windows 3.1 > OS/2 > Unix >Thanks. --> I guess after seeing this type of mislogic used to justify C for --> so many projects (I have been with Alsys since 1987) I never cease --> to be amazed at the dual standards applied to Ada vs. any other --> language. Obviously you are sympathetic to Ada since you posted --> the message. Give me a call at (619) 457-2700 ext. 123 and I'll --> be happy to give you some ideas on how to cut through the smoke- --> screen...regardless of who's Ada compiler you end up buying. --> Bill Hart --> Thomson Software Products (formerly Alsys) --> hart@alsys.com