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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,53c5fea49e77990c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-01 18:58:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Dot Net ? Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:00:02 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21969 Date: 2002-04-01T21:00:02-06:00 List-Id: William J. Thomas wrote in message ... >I've tried them all. I've crashed them all. I very much doubt that you crashed the Claw Builder, and if you did, you didn't report it to us. We've only had one bug report on the Builder about a real crash (where the Builder exits and the project can't be saved), and we've only had a few where the Builder refused to do something. (Most of the reported bugs are cases where the resulting program works differently from the behavior specified). If you did crash the Claw Builder, we would have very much appreciated sending in a bug report. Otherwise, the odds of a problem being encountered and getting fixed is slim-to-none. I can certainly imagine finding it too limited for your purposes, but that's very different than crashing... >I've cursed them all. I've >deleted them all from my system shortly after they were installed. The only >things that has lasted, and not because it is any good, but because I was >forced to work with it was the GUI builder in Object Ada. And even that tool >you had to tippy toe around it, pay it compliments on a regular basis, >create all of you visuals, stop using the GUI builder and they do the rest >by 'hand'. Thanks but no thanks. I don't understand this remark at all. You have to build the logic part of your program "by hand" -- how else can you write code? If you expect the GUI Builder to write your entire application, why in the world would you care what the programming language is? Ada brings no benefits to a GUI Builder; it's advantages exist only in the code that you write "by hand". As far as your original .NET question goes, we considered doing it. We were contacted by a Microsoft rep who wanted to talk to us about it. I wasn't in at the time, so someone got his number. I called him back many times, but never got a response other than a short e-mail saying that he was really busy and that he'd call back soon. So I never found out what they wanted in order to do a .NET implementation, and thus we didn't ever seriously think about doing one. This has typically been the sort of response that we have gotten from Microsoft. I think they really prefer to discourage "alternative" development tools, and then once in a while, they try to get us to give them some money. Kinda like sleeping with a gorilla. Randy.