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,e151cd4e58019c6c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-05 01:06:59 PST Sender: jerry@JVDSYS Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie: Best Ada Compiler for MS Windows ? References: <3cad5957.611369@news.demon.co.uk> From: Jerry van Dijk Date: 05 Apr 2002 11:04:12 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.92.166.72 X-Trace: 5 Apr 2002 09:02:11 GMT, 139.92.166.72 Organization: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news3.prserv.net!139.92.166.72 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22143 Date: 2002-04-05T11:04:12+02:00 List-Id: john.mccabe@emrad.ns.com (John McCabe) writes: > >I will use Ada mostly as a hobby and for writting Win32 console > >application... As I already use Delphi for professional work. > > As a matter of interest - given your requirement for 'free' software, > what other 'free' software do you use that has the facilities you > mentioned above? I think it's fair to note that the standard version of Delphi v6 (for either Windows or GNU/Linux) is indeed free, if the code you write will be licensed under the GPL. Although obviously a marketing device to gain foothold in the Linux world, it does give GPL developers a very productive environment for producing GUI based applications for free. -- -- Jerry van Dijk | email: jvandyk@attglobal.net -- Leiden, Holland | web: users.ncrvnet.nl/gmvdijk