Re: Seeking advice

["Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com>]

"Tony" <talktotony@email.com> wrote in message
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> 1. Development environments seem to be horrendously expensive.  Are there
> any reasonably priced (for me this means probably sub $1000)
compilers/IDEs
> available?

Compiler including GUI builder from rrsoftware  $295
Object Ada for WIndows from Aonix < $1000
GNAT $Free
AdaGIde for Windows
(http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/mcc_html/adagide.html) Free

Never have had to debug a single array bounds error in >10 years of
professional programming... Priceless



> 2. Are there any licencing issues with using the gnat compiler for
> commercial work?

No


> 3. Is interest in ADA increasing/remaining steady/decreasing?  For
example,
> will ADA still have significant support in, say, five years?

Support in 5 years..Yes.. Increasing/Decressing..  Unclear..Within 5 years
Sun will be gone. Java will be a memory. Everyone will be using .Net and C#
(or A# :)....  Ok..I have no way of knowing this but I think there is a
better chance that there will be significant Ada support available in 5
years than there is that Sun will be around and strong.


> 4. Are there any graphics libraries which are supported on multiple
> platforms (preferably Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris)?

GtkAda...But if you really mean supported then we start talking some more
cash with some expensive support contracts.