Re: What about big integers in Ada 2005?

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Adrian Hoe wrote:

> adaworks@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> "Dennis Lee Bieber" <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
>> news:imsuj1h8vevg4un71rmh0nc41pnee5ihjl@4ax.com...
>> >
>> > Of course, my college mainframe actually had a 32-digit hardware BCD
>> > ALU (which failed one term -- COBOL classes were stuck, but FORTRAN,
>> > using integer and floating ALU hardware, proceeded apace).
>> >
>> I wonder if anyone has implemented a BCD package?  Also, in COBOL,
>> programmers routinely design using packed decimal.   I don't know of any
>> corresponding package in Ada.   I suspect this is one of the many reasons
>> Ada has consistently failed to win any support in the information systems
>> world.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the Information Systems annex falls short of what COBOL
>> programmers really want.   Perhaps we could re-design the Information
>> Systems Annex someday to bring it into conformity with common IS
>> practice.  Probably too late.   The damage is already done.
> 
> 
> I thought Swiss Bank is using some software developed in Ada. If I
> recall correctly, Paranor was the developer. How did they do that if IS
> Annex falls short?

Well, it's the Swiss PostFinance. But there is not much interfacing with
COBOL - it's all done Ada.

Martin

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