Re: New to ADA

[Michal Nowak <vinnie@inetia.pl>]

On 2002-10-28 at 01:36 Bill Cunningham wrote:

>I'd like to investigate ada a little I'm used to C and C++. Is ada as
>powerful as C++. 

Well, "Whatever C++ may do, Ada may do it as well". You will find all
modern features in Ada. But Ada has something, that C++ does not have
- built-in concurrency. Its tasking model very strong and allows
to write you sophisticated and powerful concurrent programs
(my favourite Ada feature).

>Does it have inheritance, OOP, classes or something
>similar. 

Yes. Adding more - it has also something like templates - generics.

>I know one command with ada 'with'. 

So, come on, explore it! I'm sure you will like it.

>Is there a compiler for windows 98?

GNAT:
ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/

You may also try ObjectAda from Aonix. It has environment similar to
this from Visual Studio. However, the available special edition allows
to compile no more than 2000 lines of code, but it should be enough,
if you want use it just for learning.

http://www.aonix.com/content/products/forms/oa_win_demo.html

Good like in learning Ada,
   Michal


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