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From: "Joachim Schroeer" <schroeer@amst.co.at>
Subject: Re: Reasons why Ada is no success yet
Date: 1997/08/28
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Stephen Leake <Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in article
<34045A8A.52E7@gsfc.nasa.gov>...

> Joachim Schroeer wrote:
> > Use bindings
> > ============
> > Libraries written in C++ are no reason, why C++ should make software
> > development more easy than Ada. C++ libraries may be used by Ada
> > developers as good as by C++ developers.
> > Ada95 can be combined with C and GNAT can bind C++.

> Sorry, many libraries consist of templates, which you cannot bind to
> Ada; you have to rewrite them as Ada generics. This will be a Good Thing
> when it gets done, but it is not easy.
> 

Ok, but is it not possible to bind the instantiations?

And what is with the SGI tool?, They built a binding to the inventor
library with it.

  Joachim