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-Thread: 103376,470860aa3e635a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!news.ecp.fr!news.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT for MS Visual Studio Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:42:44 -0500 Organization: Jacob's private Usenet server Message-ID: References: <13duou81kg3sd1c@corp.supernews.com> <13f3e0vbb05s47c@corp.supernews.com> <13f6eg0te46m2a3@corp.supernews.com> <1i884lvjjjkcg.3im0hk3wl8gi$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: jacob-sparre.dk 1190425191 21323 69.95.181.76 (22 Sep 2007 01:39:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:39:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:2074 Date: 2007-09-21T20:42:44-05:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message news:1i884lvjjjkcg.3im0hk3wl8gi$.dlg@40tude.net... > On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:27:14 -0400, William J Thomas wrote: > > > I'm not talking about just a programming environment. I'm talking about a > > GUI builder, a program that allows me to develop graphically oriented > > programs, more specifically one that would allow me to develop MS Window > > Forms programs in the Ada Language!!! > > A resource file editor? Honestly, I never felt a necessity in anything more > elaborated than that. > > To me a good IDE with a visual debugger is much more important. Visual > Studio had definitely reached that point, definitely better than GNAT GPS. > Though the latter has a par nice ideas, for example spec<->body switching, > hierarchical projects etc. I agree; that's the sort of things I was thinking about when I replied. GUI's been done to death, and I don't think anyone in the Ada business ever made any money off of it. Randy. Randy.