Re: ada IDE

["Chip and Allie Orange" <acorange@comcast.net>]

"Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com> wrote in message 
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> Ananth the Boss wrote:
>> we are involved in development of safety critical software for flight
>> apps. can ny one say which is the best IDE for ADA for development of
>> flight software
>>
>
> If you are doing safety critical software (assuming you mean something 
> like DO-178b level a or b) then the IDE is really secondary to the 
> compiler/runtime. Pick that first and it will help guide you to an IDE. 
> You probably can't pick the compiler/runtime (or perhaps OS) until you 
> know what your hardware platform is (unless there is some flexibility 
> there).
>
> If you select something like Greenhills Ada with the Integrity OS then it 
> would be silly to consider GPS.
>
> There is really not enough in the question to respond to this all that 
> clearly.
>
>
> The high level choices will be something from
>
> Greenhills/Greenhills
> www.ghs.com (perhaps integrity (OS) with AdaMULT (compiler).
> or
>
> WindRiver/AdaCore
> www.wrs.com with www.gnat.com (vxWorks with the ARINC 653 with GNAT).
>
> or
>
> BAE Systems/DDC-I
>
> http://platformsolutions.na.baesystems.com:8080/CsLeos/CsLEOS.jsp
>
> or
>
> Aonix/Aonix
>
> http://www.aonix.com/objectada.html
>
>
> There might also be someting in the lynxos/GNAT cagegory to consider..not 
> sure.
>
> In any case, these seem to be the big players in the area.
>
I'm just learning Ada for some after-hours programming (not my day job).  I 
have a relative who works for the IBM/Rational group which puts out the Ada 
Apex system.

Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't they make your list?

Thanks.

Chip