Re: Ada compiler/debugger/GUI development IDE for WindowsXP/Linux

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:29:38 +1100, Simone Freouble wrote:

> I am new to Ada. Can some Ada gurus/experts recommend me a freeware and/or 
> "low-cost"/academic/student version of an Ada Compiler+Debugger+GUI 
> development IDE for WindowsXP and/or Linux (Fedore Core3) ?

1. GNAT

Under Fedora just install gcc-gnat package. That will give you the GNAT 
compiler:

$>yum install gcc-gnat

For Windows you can download it from here:

http://libre.act-europe.fr

A good IDE for GNAT (alas, without integrated debugger) for Windows is 
AdaGIDE:

http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfcs/bios/mcc_html/adagide.html

You could also try GPS (the same http://libre.act-europe.fr), which is a 
platform-independent IDE for GNAT, but its publicly available version is 
very beta to be usable for debugging.

2. ObjectAda

Compiler+IDE+Debugger of Aonix. Its IDE is more bearable (as compared to 
GPS). It resembles MSVC IDE, though lacks many of its features. Aonix has a 
special limited (in terms of project size) version:

http://www.aonix.com/oa_win_demo.html

It seems that they might have it for Linux as well, but I never tried it 
there.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de