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From: egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Object Pascal vs Ada -- which is better for a hobbyist?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:31:46 +0100
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On 15/03/16 15:28, G.B. wrote:
> On 15.03.16 14:52, egarrulo wrote:
>
>>> Nor does any of the mainstream languages define anything
>>> in the language that specifically addresses GUI things.
>>
>> Java, C# and Python all ship with GUI support.
>
> Ada ships with GUI support if you pick the proper
> shipment unit, and so does C. But neither language
> supports GUIs in the language proper. Nor do C++, C#, ...
>

What do you mean?  Anyway, a programming environment is much more than 
its language, hence my stress on "RAD IDE".  Everything else being 
equal, I would recommend Ada over Object Pascal, but since I know no Ada 
IDE that matches Lazarus, I must recommend Object Pascal.