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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: LOOKING FOR AN ADA COMPILER
Date: 1996/10/13
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Date: 1996-10-13T00:00:00+00:00
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schizophonic (an interesting name!) asks

"I am a student, and I am looking for a free or inexpensive ADA
compiler. I have read that GNAT compiler is free, and I would like to
know your opinion about the quality of the compiler."

Well several major defence projects and commercial companies seem to 
think it is suitable for critical projects. Anyway, the nice thing about
free software is that you can try it out yourself. Just download the
appropriate version (there are many of them) from cs.nyu.edu, directories
pub/gnat, and either follow the directions very carefully, or if you do not
know enough to do installations of this kind, get an instructor or friend
who does know to help you.

Many Ada courses all over the country (including the one I teach) use
GNAT. It is full Ada 95, and will correspond fine to any Ada 95 text
you are using. If you are learning Ada 83, then (a) complain to your
instructor about obsolete languages and (b) use GNAT anyway with the
-gnat83 switch. This does not provide perfect Ada 83 semantics, but it
will likely be good enough for your use.