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=2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,68e2d527871395d9,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news2!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.buerger.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!ada-augusta.INVALID.demon.co.uk!newsreader From: Mike H Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Voluntary work for a UK charity Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:13:12 +0100 Sender: Mike-h Message-ID: Reply-To: Mike Hopkins NNTP-Posting-Host: ada-augusta.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1223749299 5516 83.104.138.185 (11 Oct 2008 18:21:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:21:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.03-U (<8E$$+Tfw77f9C5diWK0NqJM+zg>) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2333 Date: 2008-10-11T19:13:12+01:00 List-Id: Good day ladies and gentlemen. My initial Ada experience was in teaching and later, for real, in among the usual suspects (Nuclear Power, Air Defence, etc.) But all that was before I retired ten years ago and I haven't written a line of code since. Now my past has caught up with me and I have been asked to return to the 'code face'. The work is on behalf of a UK registered charity and the application is relatively simple (a variation on the theme of a road/rail crossing). Why Ada? When completed it will have to be passed by the UK Railway Inspectorate. For the moment can anyone suggest a doorway toward a low cost (or free) language syntax checker with which to refresh my memory? The code generation can come later and will, hopefully be the GNAT tools. -- Mike Hopkins