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: 103376,4ed8b5776ecf56c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-22 04:38:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!peer.news.opaltelecom.net!news.inweb.net.uk!shale.ftech.net!news.ftech.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3BFCE549.C6EA47B5@kfunigraz.ac.at> Subject: Re: Ada on NT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:33:26 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.122.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 1006432369 213.104.122.163 (Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:32:49 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:32:49 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16855 Date: 2001-11-22T12:33:26+00:00 List-Id: "Siegfried Gonzi" wrote in message news:3BFCE549.C6EA47B5@kfunigraz.ac.at... > I have downloaded (because it is not possible to find a Gnat-Ada for > SunOS 8) Gnat-Ada for Windows NT, but is this a joke or what should I do > with this distribution. ??? > Surely, it is free software but if it would be a > commercial version this would be un-acceptable. [GNAT public is much better than some commercial software I've used, and ppl pay thousands for that commercial software] The public versions of GNAT for Windows are really nice. Click Click Click and it's installed. A few more clicks and your at the manuals, which are in html (there are other formats in the 'documentation' directory). It includes the ARM, the UG & RM for the compiler and help files for GNATCOM (if you install it) and Win32 to name a few. > There is even not a Readme included. No need for readme's as it's all in the manuals!!! > It is nice that I get the Readmes > and manuals for the Unix version, but what may I have to do in order to > play around with the hello world? Check the user guide for the compiler, hello world is there in all it's glory. > There is no Windows specific documentation. Nonsense! Check the compiler manuals. It includes how to build dlls, interface with them, and a whole load of other things you might want to do on windows. > Or do I have to download the > gcc-compiler separately? No. Gcc is part of the distribution. > Is there a development environment included (I > do not like Emacs). Maybe GNAT comes with an IDE on windows, I haven't noticed (maybe you get one with GNAT Pro but not many hobbiests can afford that), but there is AdaGIDE which you can get from running a search on google (don't have the link at hand, sorry). It's a good tool for many things. RTFM Chris