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,b90404e71c953be5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-14 11:46:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Experiences with GPS-IDE Date: 14 Apr 2003 14:43:34 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3E9AA2C7.2BF8389B@konad.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1050346707 28028 128.183.235.92 (14 Apr 2003 18:58:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Apr 2003 18:58:27 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36137 Date: 2003-04-14T18:58:27+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol writes: > Stephen Leake wrote: > > GPS does one thing better; generate graphical representations of > > withing trees, calling trees, and other "dependencies". One of these > > days, Emacs will do that too :). > > > > Oh, it also has a better browser for C++ code, but that's a separate > > issue :). > > If you were to compare it to other IDE's how does it measure up? Hmm. I've used Visual Basic (a really long time ago :), and Borland 5.0 (also a while ago). GPS is about as good as those; it provides a point-and-click environment, not very customizable, with "project navigation", source code colorization, integration with the compiler and debugger. VB and Borland also came with libraries for Windows stuff; GPS supports GtkAda as well as any other Ada library. Since I use Emacs overwhelmingly, and am extremely biased against using a mouse, these may not be very valid comparisons. I did use ObjectAda for a short while; GPS seems better than that. -- -- Stephe