** Summary **

Ada is a computer language developed originally for DOD contracts.  It has
rather a lot of features.

** Literature **

   [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_%28programming_language%29%|%Wikipedia]:   

   [Building Tcl-Tk GUIs for HRT-HOOD Systems]:   1999

** Description **

During early development, the language was called Green.  It is now named after
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace%|%Ada Lovelace]


*** GNAT ***

GNAT, which is freely-available and distributed as part of [Gcc], is one of the
major Ada implementations.  [http://www.adacore.com/products%|%AdaCore] sells a
range of products based on GNAT and also provides a free version. See
[http://people.debian.org/~lbrenta/debian-ada-policy.html%|%Debian policy for Ada] for more information.

In short:

   * GNAT part of GCC: GPL version 3 with GCC Runtime Library Exception
   * GNAT AUX, GNAT for BSDs, from DragonLace.Net
   * GNAT GPL from AdaCore: GPL
   * GNAT PRO from AdaCore: GNAT-Modified GPL (Not cost free)

*** TASH - TclAdaShell ***

Latest release:   tash-8.6-0-20110925.zip {date 2011-09-25 size 263.2 kB}
License:   GPL with "Linking Exception" (Confirmed by Simon Wright)

   [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcladashell/%|%]:   
   [http://tcladashell.sourceforge.net/%|%website]:   the current page
   [http://tcladashell.sourceforge.net/index.htm%|%older website]:   (index.htm is *not* the default page) TCL ADA SHELL An Ada binding to Tcl/Tk (8.4.1) 30-Jan-2003 :   
   [http://web.archive.org/web/200102040432/http://tash.calspan.com/%|%An Ada binding to Tcl/Tk]:   
   [ftp://www.eccai.org/pub/Ada-Belgium/mirrors/pal/bindings/tash/%|%www.eccai.org]:   


*** Visual Ada Developer ***

[http://users1.jabry.com/adastudio/index.html%|%Visual Ada Developer] is a [Tcl/Tk]-oriented Ada-95 [GUI builder].  The [GPL]ed version is [http://www.websamba.com/guibuilder%|%here]
Leonid Dulman updated in mid-2006 includes a "Tcl script 
generator", and appears to be compatible with both 8.5 and 8.6.
His Ada Developer Studio also interfaces to [Qt], which has a 
very slender Tcl connection.


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