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Date: 21 Dec 92 23:40:49 GMT
From: seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net  (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: JANUS compiler
Message-ID: <1992Dec21.234049.15452@seas.gwu.edu>
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In article <1992Dec21.053113.6598@runx.oz.au> johnj@runx.oz.au (John Jameson) w
rites:
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>I have a number of Windows 3.X display primitives written in C++
>and wish to access them from an Ada application. My thoughts are
>to package the primitives as a DLL and use an Ada compiler which
>has good bindings to the Windows APIs. A colleague has recommended
>the JANUS Ada compiler - if anyone has used this compiler and can
>report on the general quality of the product and specifically the
>Windows API integration I would be very grateful to hear from them.
>
I haven't seen the Janus Windows version, but the Meridian one is a
pretty decent piece of work. I presume that you can use a "thin" binding
to the Windows API, that is, a direct Ada equivalent to each Windows
call.

Good luck.

Mike Feldman
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