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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5b062cdca243a886 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 08:12:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3B67526E.D7E19382@worldnet.att.net> <9k991i$7o4$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9kacr0$l8o$1@news.service.uci.edu> Subject: Re: Please review and comment Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 11:12:41 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 15:12:41 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11087 Date: 2001-08-02T15:12:41+00:00 List-Id: In article <9kacr0$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. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com