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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,91ec3b1c30b751e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-04 08:47:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet!isdnet!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E1rio_Amado_Alves?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: cross-platform source code editor Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:46:53 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1017938824 63782 137.194.161.2 (4 Apr 2002 16:47:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:47:04 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22102 Date: 2002-04-04T17:46:53+01:00 >> Not really. I don't want to add packages. I don=92t like to do it. So = I >> prefer a tool that does not require me to do it. > Ok, but you listed "easy to add packages" as a criterium for an IDE. No, only for those requiring/letting you do it. But never mind. > . . . Editors are one application where Ada would _not_ be my first choice > language, at least for the guru-level scripting/customizing. Perhaps but if and only if you are and/or want to be a guru in that area. I'd say if you're a seasoned Emacs fan, yes ;-) > Maybe there will be an interpreted Ada look-alike language for scripting > AdaGIDE sometime? DEC had TPU, which was at least Pascal-like and interpreted. > Is TPU still around? The only scripting version of Ada I knew is BUSH. But now I've become aware of the existence of Ada/Ed (cf. previous message in this thread). Cheers, --MAA