<s>
GNAVI	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
visual	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
that	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
three	O
major	O
portions	O
:	O
GWindows	O
GUI	B-Library
framework	I-Library
,	O
GNATCOM	O
ActiveX/COM	O
framework	O
,	O
and	O
GWenerator	O
code	O
generator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inspiration	O
for	O
GNAVI	B-Application
is	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
where	O
the	O
Pascal-family	O
Ada	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
is	O
utilized	O
as	O
a	O
syntactically-similar	O
substitute	O
for	O
Delphi	B-Language
's	O
Object	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNAVI	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNAT	B-Application
Modified	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
to	O
release	O
binaries	O
without	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
GNAVI	B-Application
community	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Ada	B-Language
among	O
wider	O
programming	O
audiences	O
by	O
demonstrating	O
that	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
standard	O
Ada	B-Language
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
ISO/IEC	B-Language
8652	I-Language
)	O
has	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
ease-of-programming	O
qualities	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
attributed	O
to	O
proprietary	O
Object	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNAVI	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
offers	O
features	O
comparable	O
to	O
Delphi	B-Language
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
including	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Active	B-Application
X	I-Application
controls	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
interface	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
's	I-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
and	O
Sun	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
GNAVI	B-Application
was	O
also	O
being	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNAVI	B-Application
website	O
had	O
seen	O
no	O
activity	O
or	O
releases	O
for	O
four	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
,	O
from	O
December	O
2004	O
until	O
early	O
2009	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
14	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
resumed	O
development	O
and	O
multiple	O
versions	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
