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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,2537115450286f44 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-18 12:48:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!c03.atl99!chi1.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Ada IDEs (was Re: Re-Marketing Ada) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:48:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.79.240 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1069188487 129.44.79.240 (Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:48:07 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:48:07 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2647 Date: 2003-11-18T20:48:07+00:00 List-Id: "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:u4qx134n6.fsf_-_@nasa.gov... > "Stephane Richard" writes: > > Hmph. Emacs is the best IDE around, as well as being the oldest, and > it supports Ada very well, and has for years. > > I guess you mean "easy to learn" "point and click" IDE, as opposed to > "powerful and productive" IDE. Even there, recent Emacsen (plural of > Emacs :) are pretty good at providing guidance to newbies (not as good > as GPS, I'll grant you). > *** Yeah, again the ever popular VC++'s IDE, VB's IDE, Delphi's IDE and the likes. When I say integrated I don't just mean an editor that can execute a compiler/linker. Bur you are right to say that they do impose a paradigm. And Since Ada is much more than a simple paradigm, beyond it dare I say. I guess wizards and code generators, for Ada, would need a Paradigm Type selection box ;-). > > Only for systems that match what the wizard does. One of the reasons I > like Emacs and Ada is that they do _not_ impose any programming > paradigms; they let you use which ever one is best for the problem at > hand. > > -- > -- Stephe You're getting me convinced Steph :-)...Although I've installed LInux a few times I haven't really had the change to get accustomed to Emacs and any Ada extensions to it. Can I get that for windows and does it/would it work the same and as well under windows? If so, I need a URL to Emacs (for windows) and to any tools that might prove helpful for my Ada coding :-). I'm plannign a dual boot Windows / Linux, but I'm not there yet...so I only have windows for now (I know I'm a sadomajochist ;-). Windows 98 no less :-O. I'd like to see first hand how Emacs and Ada work together. -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com