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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development
Date: 26 Aug 2004 21:04:04 +0100
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dan.r.mcleran@seagate.com (Dan McLeran) writes:

> I was actually surprised that it wasn't alot better, considering how
> much money ACT wants for supporting it.

At the moment you pays your money and you can use GPS or GLIDE (which
is Emacs with an upgraded ada-mode incorporated, conversions from GNAT
Project files to the ada-mode .adp format, and some startup things).

*Personally* I find ada-mode excellent and see no benefit from GPS,
though

(a) I suspect it's not GPS per se I find less than compelling so much
as the style of IDE that it represents;

(b) I guess GPS is intended to attract people who _are_ used to that
kind of IDE;

(c) I develop mainly on Linux while the project is supported on
Windows, and life's too short to get a consistent set of gtk, gtkada
etc and learn how to build with it (compared to installing the
pre-built GPS for NT).

-- 
Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.