RE: Ada The Best Language?

["Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil>]

Aonix still has a way to go.  Documentation is still lacking, but the
online help is okay.  They still assume you will know Windows programming
or will look at an existing Windows programming book (like I want to look
at C/C++ examples).  The GUI builder is easy to use but it still needs
more automated Widgets like Delphi has.  And I wish it had some more
automated tools for interfacing to databases, etc.

You can also produce Java applets with it.  I played with it several
years ago and managed to produce a "Hello world" applet.  And again
it assumes you will know Java, or will be using an existing Java
programming book (like I want to look at Java examples).

Overall I like it, but it's still running behind Delphi and VC++.

Frank

PS.
I think the Professional Edition is ~$595.  The Enterprise Edition is
~$1195 or so, then they have a cross platform version (don't remember
the Edition).  Maybe they'll correct me if I'm wrong on the prices.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marin David Condic [mailto:marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 5:29 PM


I think one of the big disappointments to me with the Aonix environment was
that at the time, there was a shortage of documentation on how to use it
with Windows - sort of assuming you'd know how to do that from using MSVC++,
etc. That, of course, raises the question "Then why not just use MSVC++
since you've got to know it & have it anyway?" I also sort of felt that it
should have presented a more Ada-ish feeling to Windows programming - but I
can't blame them for not wanting to produce something that would be
unfamiliar to the experienced Windows developer. Still, I think it would be
good to take a look at where it is at after this much time...

MDC