Re: Please review and comment

[Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com>]

In article <9kacr0$l8o$1@news.service.uci.edu>, Navid Azimi says...
>
>What about putting links or information about how to -start- programming in
>Ada? I'm more confused on how to get it, say a simple hello world, running
>as opposed to problems with strings and arrays. I dont know which
>program/compiler to download, or what extension I need on my file, or
>anything simple of that sorts.
..
>PS. I'm on Win 98 SE

Well, that stuff isn't in the standard (note: there's nothing in the C standard
that forces .c and .h either, and I've seen some programs that use other
extensions). Its all compiler specific. So what you really need to know is:

1) Where to get a compiler for Win98
2) How to create a small program with that compiler

2 is going to have to come from your compiler docs. 1 depends on how much you
want to pay. If you want a no-cost compiler there are two for that platform, see
the "Free Ada Compilers" heading at http://www.adapower.com/links.html . The
free ObjectAda is sort of cripple-ware for a (somewhare around $500 if I
remember) version. That compiler may be what you want though, if you would
prefer a VisualStudio-style interface, along with integrated GUI development
tools. Gnat is a full industrial-strength Ada compiler, but uses the more
professional Emacs environment as its IDE.

Also, I suggest you look at http://www.geocities.com/win4ada/ (a website written
by a fellow Win98 Ada newbie), and keep http://www.adapower.com bookmarked.

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