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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-12 11:53:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada References: <3DF8D8BF.9020606@cogeco.ca> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <0P5K9.215107$GR5.71398@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1039722812 12.234.13.56 (Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:53:32 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:53:32 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:53:32 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31764 Date: 2002-12-12T19:53:32+00:00 List-Id: > What Ada database support exists? Near none. I don't understand that. 4 years ago, learning Ada, my son used a binding from, IIRC, www.adapower.com Has there been no progress? > - A user interface beyond tty (console) mode is required (text or GUI) > - Database access is required (very few serious applications can do > without this). > - O/S interfaces (e.g. printing and registry) > - Network APIs > > Right away the user has a 3 or 4-way struggle, with the first being the > user interface (GtkAda, CLAW, GWindows, or a binding to curses?) So decide on CLAW and stop worrying yourself. > Should the app be portable to Linux? This reduces > the choices still further. What would a C++ programmer do? People sell systems to do cross-OS programming, but what are their limitations? Is there no decision to be made whether the app is portable to Linux? How many real world apps do in fact exist on multiple platforms? > What bindings are there for registry use? > Which Ada socket binding do you use? These are no longer questions once you've decided which binding to go with. In <3DF8D33F.9020205@cogeco.ca> Warren W. Gay VE3WWG said: > Give us a _PROPER_ Ada.Calendar package for a start! (can't determine > the day of the week for example) Of course you can. Claw, among others, has