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: 103376,4871bb700d475964 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-06 18:12:08 PST Sender: jerry@TRAVELLER Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: an interested business-oriented programmer References: <9flodm$6jb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1E7320.5E21BB4F@lmtas.lmco.com> <3B1EAAB4.5C86F53D@lmtas.lmco.com> From: Jerry van Dijk Date: 07 Jun 2001 03:02:19 +0200 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.92.166.13 X-Trace: 7 Jun 2001 01:09:21 GMT, 139.92.166.13 Organization: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.ceinetworks.com!washdc3-snf1!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news3.prserv.net!139.92.166.13 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8283 Date: 2001-06-07T03:02:19+02:00 List-Id: Gary Scott writes: > enough with Ada to know that extensions would be required simply to > access the Win32 C-based API (I hadn't thought so). None. An Ada compiler for windows includes the Win32 API. For at least GNAT there are additional tools like GNATCOM, to write/use DCOM+/ActiveX etc. > If you want to get STUDENTS trained in Ada, then you've got to make it > easy for them. They're NOT going to accept a basic command line tool > set environment to any great extent (sure a few 'geeks' will). That's why we have AdaGIDE (or for emacs types like me, the brilliant emacs ada-mode or GLIDE). -- -- Jerry van Dijk | email: jvandyk@attglobal.net -- Leiden, Holland | web: home.trouwweb.nl/Jerry