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, T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,269b8e367e9bac0e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-09 19:37:45 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!fdn.fr!uunet!in1.uu.net!telesoft!news From: Steve Sivulka Subject: Re: ADA compiler for DOS or Windows Message-ID: Sender: news@thomsoft.com (USENET News Admin @flash) Organization: Thomson Software Products, San Diego, CA, USA References: <3jf7jt$kie@nellie.musc.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 22:20:52 GMT Date: 1995-03-09T22:20:52+00:00 List-Id: moore@musc.edu (Kevin Moore) wrote: > > I'm in need of an ADA compiler for DOS or MS Windows. I have the > GWU environment for the MAC and while it works well for basic > programming, it doesn't seem to support ADA's advanced features such as > ADT generic packages. If anyone is aware of such a compiler/environment > please e-mail me. Thank-You in advance. Kevin. Kevin, I suggest you check out ActivAda for Windows. It does both Windows and DOS development. Here's a good part of the enchilada: ActivAda for Windows ActivAda for Windows is a professional Ada Integrated Development Environment (IDE) delivering the combined power of 32-bit architecture, the Windows operating system and Ada in one comprehensive product. The ActivAda compiler generates either 32-bit DOS-based applications or 32-bit Windows-based applications. Programs can accommodate data objects much larger than the 16-bit size limit of 64KB. ActivAda uses the PharLap TNT DOS extender for DOS-based applications and Microsoft Win32s for Windows-based applications. Interface is provided to the 32-bit PharLap or Microsoft Assembler and Metaware High-C for DOS-based applications as well as to Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit edition for Windows-based applications Alsys' popular AdaWorld has been upgraded with a Windows-based IDE built around a powerful Ada-sensitive editor. Support is provided for the entire edit-compile-bind-link-run-debug development cycle. Users may define various projects, and configure different compiler and binder options associated with each project. A new Graphical User Interface (GUI) gives full point-and-click access to all ActivAda development tools. The highly intuitive AdaWorld Command Line User Interface is also available under DOS. Extensive pre-compiled Win32s API Ada libraries are included with ActivAda. With over a thousand Windows functions, these libraries let ActivAda programmers quickly tap the full power of the Win32s API. The Microsoft Win32s CodeView debugger included with ActivAda provides efficient debugging of Win32s applications. A single debugger may be used to debug multi-language applications. ActivAda's GUI Builder lets users design any Windows application visually. With the ease of drag-and-drop functionality, GUI Builder automatically generates Windows application source code. Additional user-defined code for different Window's events may be attached to each GUI Builder object simply by double clicking on the object and typing the code into GUI Builder's code editor. The generated source code is a complete Windows application ready to be compiled, linked and ran. ActivAda's GUI Builder dramatically shortens the development time of Windows-based applications in Ada while increasing the maintainability of the user interface. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS 386, 486 or Pentium-based system with 8MB of RAM 50MB hard disk space required for ActivAda DOS 5.0 or higher Windows 3.1 or higher For more information: Maria Schatzkamer Thompson Software (formerly Alsys) ActivAda Representative Voice: (617) 270-0030 x234 Fax: (617) 270-6882 Email: maria@east.alsys.com