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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,419db68801de4a5f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-28 14:14:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New to ADA Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 23:22:25 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3dbcd6f1_1@corp.newsgroups.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1035843243 36630 137.194.161.2 (28 Oct 2002 22:14:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-reply-to: <3dbcd6f1_1@corp.newsgroups.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30193 Date: 2002-10-28T23:22:25+01:00 On 2002-10-28 at 01:36 Bill Cunningham wrote: >I'd like to investigate ada a little I'm used to C and C++. Is ada as >powerful as C++. Well, "Whatever C++ may do, Ada may do it as well". You will find all modern features in Ada. But Ada has something, that C++ does not have - built-in concurrency. Its tasking model very strong and allows to write you sophisticated and powerful concurrent programs (my favourite Ada feature). >Does it have inheritance, OOP, classes or something >similar. Yes. Adding more - it has also something like templates - generics. >I know one command with ada 'with'. So, come on, explore it! I'm sure you will like it. >Is there a compiler for windows 98? GNAT: ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/ You may also try ObjectAda from Aonix. It has environment similar to this from Visual Studio. However, the available special edition allows to compile no more than 2000 lines of code, but it should be enough, if you want use it just for learning. http://www.aonix.com/content/products/forms/oa_win_demo.html Good like in learning Ada, Michal -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- ___ _ -- / _ \ | | I Choose Ada: -- | |_| | ___| | _____ The Most Trusted Name in Software (TM) -- | _ | | __ | | __ | -- |_| |_| |_____|_ |_____|_ http://www.adaic.org/whyada/choose.html -- -- -----------------------------------------------------------------