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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.70.103.237 with SMTP id fz13mr14342386pdb.4.1405990752825; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:59:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.43.197 with SMTP id y5mr158090igl.3.1405990752533; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:59:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!h18no5310195igc.0!news-out.google.com!eg1ni0igc.0!nntp.google.com!h18no3011066igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:59:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=206.188.60.100; posting-account=ctJm-AoAAABQaCDtzbgPWk5DGAl9lKGW NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.188.60.100 References: <4391ef39-f68e-426e-9947-1a3b1b397f5b@googlegroups.com> <6973f703-a6d8-4ba2-bf0d-8ef2eec706d3@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8855a61f-0dea-45f4-b3eb-b867df2214a8@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: why the pascal family of languages (Pascal, Ada, Modula-2, 2, Oberon, From: pincerfae@gmail.com Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:59:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:187784 Date: 2014-07-21T17:59:11-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, July 21, 2014 5:01:20 PM UTC-7, Randy Brukardt wrote: > "Dan'l Miller" wrote in message > > news:6973f703-a6d8-4ba2-bf0d-8ef2eec706d3@googlegroups.com... > > ... > > > There actually does exist a GUI library written entirely in Ada for Ada: > > > Gnavi. > > > > You misspelled "Claw". ;-) GNavi exists mainly because the authors didn't > > like our design for Claw. Which has been a long-standing problem with Ada -- > > too many choices never quite finished, rather than one library that most > > people use and extend. > > > > Randy. that's something I've noticed, too. the resources are there, but it's so spotty that it's a miracle when you do find something up to date. I've never been ablt to get Ada Studio running past the startup dialog, so I abandoned it. gnavi was easier to set up, though with the msys/minggw.