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comp.lang.ada Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) part 1 of 2
Effective date: 25 MAR 93
Currently, the comp.lang.ada FAQ is maintained by the Ada Information
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Frequency: This will be posted every other month to comp.lang.ada,
news.answers, and comp.answers.
Changes since the last FAQ: Four questions added: two on POSIX/Ada
binding, one on obtaining benchmarks, and one on FTP mail for
downloading Ada files from ajpo.sei.cmu.edu; otherwise, no changes
since last time.
Individuals are encouraged to submit both questions and answers. In
many answers below, submitters are noted in parentheses at the
beginning of comments. (Comments may be slightly edited.)
It should be noted that report of a product, service, or event, etc.,
does not constitute an endorsement by the AdaIC or the Ada Joint
Program Office. Opinions expressed are those of the submitters.
Table of Contents:
1) Where can I get a list of validated Ada compilers?
2) Where can I get a yacc/ayacc grammar to read Ada code?
3) Is there an Ada-mode for Emacs?
4) You know, I think Ada could really benefit from having
<choose_a_feature> from <choose_a_language>...
5) I just saw a very anti-Ada post that I think is definitely
wrong. Why didn't anybody post a response to it? Should I?
6) Where can I get a public-domain Ada compiler?
7) Is Ada a registered trademark of the US government?
8) I have seen the language name capitalized as ADA, as well as
Ada. Which is right?
9) What is Ada 9X?
10) What is Anna, and where can I get it?
11) What is DRAGOON, and where can I get it?
12) Does anyone have a list of commercial Ada projects?
13) Are there versions of lex and yacc that generate Ada code?
14) What ftp sites exist that contain information about Ada or Ada
source?
15) What organizations exist that deal with Ada and Ada issues?
(Long)
16) What cheap (<500$) Ada compilers are available?
17) Are there any dialup BBS systems that deal with Ada?
18) Does anyone know where I can get bindings for Ada? X-Windows?
Others? (See 22 and 23 for specific reference to POSIX.)
19) Is there a list of Ada compiler vendor e-mail contacts?
20) Is there a list of good Ada books? (Long)
21) Where can I get language translators? And should I?
22) What is the status of the POSIX/Ada work?
23) How can I get a copy of POSIX/Ada? Is it available via FTP?
24) Where can I get Ada benchmark programs?
25) The AJPO host has a lot of Ada information files available for
downloading by anonymous FTP. But I don't have FTP service on
the Internet host where I have an account. Is there any way I
can get those files?
1) Where can I get a list of validated Ada compilers?
(from tjmesler@vnet.ibm.com)
By anonymous ftp from ajpo.sei.cmu.edu. The latest list is in
the /public/ada-info directory. Only the latest list is kept;
it has the name val-comp.hlp.ddmmmyy, where dd stands for date,
mmm for month (3-letter abreviation), and yy stands for year.
For example, the current list is val-comp.hlp.01Oct92. If the
list is updated during the month, the previous one is deleted
and the date part of the name of the file will change.
2) Where can I get a yacc/ayacc grammar to read Ada code?
(from garym@flash.telesoft.com (Gary Morris @lone))
masticol@dumas.rutgers.edu has kindly sent in a yacc and lex
grammar for Ada. It's available via FTP from the archives at
primost.cs.wisc.edu and via e-mail from the compilers server at
compilers-server@iecc.cambridge.ma.us.
3) Is there an Ada-mode for Emacs?
(from boubaker@mailhost.cenatls.cena.dgac.fr (Heddy Boubaker))
There are, in fact, 3 ada modes for emacs
- There is a simple ada-mode shipped as part of the emacs
distribution.
- a more elaborate one from Steven D. Litvintchouk of Mitre
Corp called electric-ada
- and gnu-ada mode. Here is a small description of the features
of this mode:
1/ Compile programs within emacs
Run compiler as inferior of Emacs, and parse its error
messages. NOTE: I believe that this feature will only work
with VADS, but it might have been tailored to work with
other compilers.
2/ Ada dired
It supplies a form of dired that helps manage the VADS
environment, and it adds ADA vads commands into ada mode.
Unlike a previous dired-ada implementation, this version
uses the existing dired mode functions except where there is
unresolvable conflict. Thus, this is more like a minor mode
to dired. Very important because on actual version of emacs
19(beta), in fact lemacs (lucid emacs), dired has changed
and we can no longer use gnu-ada mode :-(
3/ you can consult Ada LRM(*) during parsing error message.
(*)You can get one in wsmr-simtel20.army.mil or any
mirror site.
4/ smart indentation
Tries hard to do all the indenting automatically.
Emphasizes correct insertion of new code using smart
templates.
5/ Smart template commands (bnf)
This is essentially a bnf processor/language-sensitive
editor. The next message will give you an ada bnf file that
you can use within ada-mode to expand nonterminals. But you
can roll your own grammars (e.g., your design grammar or an
ADL) and put them in *.bnf files ..
; The BNF rule set is stored as a list of rules.
6/ debugging Ada programs within emacs
A facility is provided for the simultaneous display of the
source code in one window, while using a.db to step through
a function in the other. A small arrow "=>" in the source
window, indicates the current line.
7/ Move from procedure to procedure or package to package
...
8/ tags Ada
9/ and other things ...
(from obry@enthuse.bellcore.com (Pascal OBRY))
You can find the gnu-ada mode in
ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
cd /public/infoada/gnu
file r1.06a-ada.tar.Z
4) You know, I think Ada could really benefit from having
<choose_a_feature> from <choose_a_language>
or
You know, I think Ada is clearly <inferior_or_superior> to
<choose_a_language> because it has <choose_a_feature>
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
Such posts almost always result in religious wars about langauge
and produce only wasted bandwidth. PLEASE refrain from such
posts unless you have a specific question about Ada. For
example, the following kind of question *is* appropriate: "In
<choose_a_language> I can do <choose_a_feature>. How would I go
about doing this in Ada?"
5) I just saw a very anti-Ada post that I think is definitely wrong. Why
didn't anybody post a response to it? Should I?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
Ada apparently gets more than its share of attacks, probably due
to its unique origins, and the fact that it is a requirement for
some government software. For the same reasons as in (4) above,
PLEASE refrain from posting a response to these, unless you feel
there is something of *significant* importance that you can
contribute. Posts containing factual corrections are probably
OK, but posts like "Well, I've used Ada on many projects, and
all have been very successful" accomplish nothing. If you are
really dead-set on driving your point home to the poster, you
can do it via e-mail.
6) Where can I get a public-domain Ada compiler?
There is currently no public-domain Ada compiler available.
However, a compiler for Ada 9X is in the works, and there is an
interpreter for Ada 83. The interpreter is available from the
New York University host (cd.nyu.edu, Internet address
128.122.140.24).
Interpreter for Ada 83:
(from mfeldman@cs.washington.edu (Michael Feldman))
While there is no PD 'compiler', Ada/Ed is available, which is
an Ada interpreter. It is available for PCs, Unix-based
machines, Amiga, and Atari systems. Excerpt from the Ada/Ed
README:
Ada/Ed is a translator-interpreter for Ada. It is intended as a
teaching tool, and does not have the capacity, performance, or
robustness of commercial Ada compilers. Ada/Ed was developed at
New York University, as part of a long-range project in language
definition and software prototyping. The project produced the
first validated translator for Ada, in the form of an executable
definition of the language written in SETL. The SETL system
served as design document and prototype for the C version
[available from the NYU host.]
Ada/Ed was last validated under version 1.7 of the ACVC tests.
Therefore it is not currently a validated Ada system, and users
can expect to find small discrepancies between Ada/Ed and
currently validated compilers.
Apart from the 100-odd tests of ACVC 1.11 that Ada/Ed currently
fails, the major deficiency of the system is that, being an
interpreter, it does not implement most representation clauses,
and thus does not support systems programming close to the
machine level.
Compiler for Ada 9X:
GNU is officially working on a free Ada compiler.
(from schonber@acf3.NYU.EDU (Ed Schonberg))
The Computer Science Department of the Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences at New York University is pleased to
announce that it has received a contract from the Ada/9X Project
Office to develop a GNU/Ada system. The work is being
cosponsored by DARPA and the Ada Joint Project Office, under the
direction of Christine M. Anderson.
The project involves the implementation of a highly efficient
compiler system for the Ada language. The compiler is to be an
integral part of the GCC system, distributed by the Free
Software Foundation. Richard Stallman, head of the FSF, is
cooperating closely with NYU to ensure that the new Ada
component will fit smoothly into GCC. GNU/Ada will be
distributed as a standard part of the GCC system.
The project is under the direction of Professors Robert B. K.
Dewar and Edmond Schonberg. The design team includes members of
the NYUADA project as well as GCC designers. Bernard Banner,
Franco Gasperoni, Brett Porter and Gail Schenker have
participated in various aspects of the design and implementation
of Ada/Ed. Richard Kenner has retargetted the GCC backend to
several modern RISC architectures. Sam Figueroa, Laurent Bardet
and several graduate students will participate in the design and
implementation of selected modules of the run-time. Finally,
Jean-Pierre Rosen, one of the original designers of Ada/Ed, will
be acting as a consultant in the area of tasking. Collectively,
this group represents over a hundred person-years of experience
in Ada implementation and compiler technology.
The project has an opening for one additional senior staff
person. Substantial experience in compiler technology is
required, as well as fluency in Ada. Those interested should
send e-mail to dewar@cs.nyu.edu or schonberg@cs.nyu.edu.
The main goal of the project, nicknamed GNAT (GNU NYU Ada
Translator) is to provide a free implementation of Ada/9X, the
new version of Ada currently being designed. As is well-known,
the name Ada/9X reflects the fact that the completion date for
its standardization is not yet known, although it is expected
that X will be 3 or 4. GNAT will implement as much as possible
of the Ada/9X design over the 18 month duration of the project;
it is anticipated that all the important functionality of Ada/9X
will be covered. The project does not include any commitment to
formal validation, since neither the approved standard, nor the
validation suite will be available in time. Instead, the
objective is to provide to the Ada community, in the most timely
fashion, a reasonably complete implementation distributed with
full sources under the standard GNU public licence. The system
will allow implementors, educators, and software professionals
to experiment with the new language at the earliest possible
time.
Since ANSI Ada/83 is, with very few exceptions, a subset of
Ada/9X, the GNU/Ada system will be able to process and correctly
execute Ada/83 programs as well as Ada/9X programs. Two major
releases of the system are scheduled, at staged levels of
functionality: one in June 1993, and the second at the end of
calendar 1993.
We are establishing an external mailing list for distribution of
GNAT documents and design information. If you would like to be
on this distribution list, please send e-mail to
gnat-request@cs.nyu.edu.
7) Is Ada a registered trademark of the US government?
(from the AdaIC)
No, but it used to be; there's a "certification mark", though,
which is to be used only for validated compilers.
Prior to November 30, 1987, the name "Ada" was a registered
trademark. In the December 1987 issue of the Ada Information
Clearinghouse Newsletter, Ms. Virginia Castor, then Director of
the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), announced that the
Department of Defense would thereafter rely on a certification
mark instead of a trademark.
(The certification mark is a Pentagon-shaped symbol with a
"Validated Ada" message, and can be seen on the documentation of
validated Ada compilers.)
The text of the 1987 AJPO announcement is available as an AdaIC
file (trademrk.hlp.25Apr91) in the public/ada-info directory on
the AJPO host (ajpo.sei.cmu.edu).
8) I have seen the language name capitalized as ADA, as well as Ada. Which
is right?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
The correct capitalization is Ada. It's a proper name, for Ada
Lovelace (1815-1852), who is regarded to be the world's first
programmer.
Using all-caps usually implies an acronym, and we are not
talking about the American Dental Association :).
9) What is Ada 9X?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
Ada 9X refers to the revised version of Ada. (Ada 83 is the
current ANSI/ISO standard.) The Ada 9X Project Office is
responsible for the revision, and is working closely with the
international community to ensure Ada retains its ISO status.
The Ada 9X process is very open. Volunteer Reviewers are
welcome and should contact ada9x-vr@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu. Many
draft documents are on-line on the Ada 9X bulletin board,
1-800-Ada9X 25. For further information contact the Ada 9X
Project Office, PL/VTET, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117-6008.
Ada 9X includes three major areas of enhancement: support for
object-oriented programming, programming-in-the-large, and
realtime systems.
A great deal of attention is being focused on transitioning to
Ada 9X. The validation test suite will be available early (in
draft form prior to ANSI/ISO approval with official release 3
months after ANSI/ISO approval). However, for a two-year period
vendors will be able to focus on enhanced areas of the language
that their customer base wants first; i.e., the first validation
test suite will be modularly constructed. Vendors are also being
encouraged to release beta-versions of their Ada 9X
implementations prior to validation.
There will also be a GNU Ada 9X compilation system available in
late 1993.
10) What is Anna, and where can I get it?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
Anna is a language for formally specifying Ada programs. It
extends Ada with various different kinds of specification
constructs from ones as simple as assertions, to as complex as
algebraic specifications. A whole lot of tools have been
implemented for Anna, including:
1. The standard DIANA extension packages, parsers,
pretty-printers.
2. Semantic checker (very similar to standard semantic checkers
for programming languages).
3. Specification analyzer -- this is a tool used to test a
specification for correctness before a program based on the
specification is written.
4. Annotation transformer -- this transforms Anna specification
constructs into checks on the Ada program that is developed
based on the specification. This tool is currently in the
process of being enhanced so that it can handle at least all the
legal Ada programs in the ACVC test-suite.
5. Runtime debugger -- The instrumented program output by (4)
can be run with a special debugger that allows program debugging
based on formal specifications.
All tools have been developed in Ada and are therefore extremely
portable. Anna has been ported to many platforms, details of
which can be obtained from the person who handles Anna releases.
You can send e-mail to anna-request@anna.stanford.edu for answers
to such questions. Actually, there is also a mailing list --
anna-users@anna.stanford.edu. Send e-mail to the earlier address
if you want to get on this list.
One could view Anna and its toolset as a *very* significant
enhancement of assertions that are provided in languages such as
C (using the assert statement). The enhancements are in the
form of both (1) many more high level specification constructs;
and (2) more sophisticated tool support.
However, there are those who would not even wish to compare Anna
with C assertions! :-)
The Anna tools may be found on the machine anna.stanford.edu in
the anonymous ftp directory pub/anna.
11) What is DRAGOON, and where can I get it?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
DRAGOON is a language, implemented as an Ada preprocessor (i.e.,
generates pure Ada). DRAGOON supports the development of Ada in
a truly object-oriented manner, including complete support for
multiple inheritance. A very nice feature of DRAGOON not found
in many OO languages is the concept of "behavioral" inheritance.
This allows you to keep the concurrent behavior of object
separated from the object class hierarchy.
The book by Colin Atkinson, "Object-Oriented Reuse, Concurrency
and Distribution: An Ada-Based Approach" (ACM Press, 1991, ISBN:
0201565277), is very well written and describes the language
succinctly and completely.
For a copy of the preprocessor, you can contact:
Mr. Andrea Di Maio
TXT Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
Via Socrate, 41
20128 Milan, ITALY
0039-2-27001001
12) Does anyone have a list of commercial Ada projects?
(from the AdaIC)
The Ada Information Clearinghouse maintains a list of Ada
projects that have submitted information for the AdaIC's Ada
Usage Database. It is only a sample of Ada projects, but it
includes both commercial and government-related projects.
Details on contacting the AdaIC are below (question 15).
13) Are there versions of lex and yacc that generate Ada code?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
The Arcadia project produced aflex and yacc, that are written in
Ada and produce Ada code. These can be found in the STARS
repository (source.asset.com -- see below), as well as other
sites.
14) What ftp sites exist that contain information about Ada or Ada source?
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
Ada Software Repository: wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Internet address: 192.88.110.20
Mirror of Ada Software Repository: wuarchive.wustl.edu
Internet address: 128.252.135.4
AJPO and AdaIC repository: ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
Internet address: 128.237.2.253
Source for aflex and ayacc: liege.ics.uci.edu (~ftp/pub/irus)
Internet address: 128.195.1.5, 128.195.13.1
European Repository: cnam.cnam.fr
Internet address: 192.33.159.6
STARS (Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems):
source.asset.com
Internet Address: 192.131.125.10
Unisys/STARS source: stars.rosslyn.unisys.com
Internet Address: 128.126.164.2
15) What organizations exist that deal with Ada and Ada issues? (Long)
(from AdaIC)
Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO)
The AJPO is part of the Department of Defense; it facilitates
the implementation of the DoD's Software Initiative (Ada)
throughout the Services, and maintains the integrity of the Ada
language. (The AJPO sponsors the AdaIC.)
The address is:
Ada Joint Program Office
The Pentagon, 3E118
Washington, DC 20301-3081
703/614-0208 (autovon 224-0208)
fax: 703/685-7019
The current Director and Deputy Directors are:
Director: Dr. John Solomond
(solomond@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu)
Air Force Deputy Director: Maj M. Dirk Rogers
(rogersd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu)
Navy Deputy Director: Mr. W. Currie Colket
(colket@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu)
Army Deputy Director: vacant
Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC)
(from adainfo@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Michele L. Kee))
Ada Information Clearinghouse
c/o IIT Research Institute
4600 Forbes Boulevard
Lanham, MD 20906-4320
1-800-AdaIC-11, 703/685-1477; fax: 703/685-7019
The Ada Information Clearinghouse (AdaIC) provides a full
spectrum of information on Ada to anyone interested in finding
out more about the programming language. IIT Research Institute
operates the AdaIC for the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO). The
AdaIC publishes a quarterly newsletter, which contains current
news, Ada conference reports, announcements from the AJPO
Director, and articles on projects using Ada. If you would like
to receive a copy of the AdaIC newsletter, please call and
request a subscription. There's no charge. The AdaIC also
regularly updates and publishes more than 70 separate
information flyers. Flyer topics include:
Ada Validated Compilers
Ada News and Current Events
Ada Usage
Ada 9X Project
On-line sources of Ada Information
Ada Bibliographies
Ada Compiler Validation and Evaluation
Resources for Ada Education and Training
Ada Software, Tools, and Interfaces
Ada Regulations, Policies, and Mandates
Ada Historical Information
One of the most commonly requested flyers is the Validated
Compilers List. This list, which is updated monthly, contains
Ada compilers that have been validated by the AJPO. For the
most current information on validated Ada compilers, contact the
AdaIC.
*Practically all AdaIC flyers are available via anonymous ftp
from the AJPO host (ajpo.sei.cmu.edu, in the public/
directories).*
Association of Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on
Ada (ACM SIGAda):
SIGAda's bimonthly publication is Ada Letters: Non-members $37;
(Annual ACM membership dues, $71; students, $21). $15 per year
to ACM members; $10 per year ACM student members.
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212/869-7440
SIGAda also has a number of committees and working groups on a
variety of topics.
ISO Working Group 9 (ISO-IEC/JTC1/SC22/WG9):
This is a working group that deals with Ada within the
Internation Standardization Organization. Within WG-9, are
several Rapporteur (rap) groups:
CRG: Character Rapporteur Group - International Character Sets
RRG: Real-Time Rapporteur Group - ExTRA
NRG: Numerics Rapporteur Group - NUMWG packages
SRG: SQL Interfaces Rapporteur Group - SAMeDL
IRG: Information Systems Rapporteur Group - Decimal Arithmetic
XRG: Ada 9X Rapporteur Group
Ada Rapporteur Group (ARG):
(from Goodenough@SEI.CMU.EDU)
This is the group responsible for evaluating comments on the Ada
standard. Officially, the group is only developing a technical
report addressing comments and questions concerning the ISO
standard for Ada. (Arcane ISO rules prevent the ARG or WG9 from
issuing "official" interpretations of a standard.) In practice,
when a response to a comment is approved by WG9, the response is
taken into account by the Ada Validation Office and affects the
test suite. The documents containing comments on the standard
and ARG responses are called "Ada Commentaries" and are given
numbers of the form AI-ddddd/vv, where vv is a version number.
Comments and questions about the Ada standard should be sent to
ada-comment@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu, using the format specified in the
Ada standard. You can receive e-mail notification of an update
to a commentary (optionally including the text of the commentary)
by sending a request to ada-comment@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu.
Commentaries are generally updated only a few times each year.
The text of all commentaries is available by anonymous ftp from
the AJPO site in the account public/ada-comment. A detailed
discussion of ARG procedures and the format of commentaries can
be found in the ada-comment account in the file
arg-procedures.doc. A reformatted copy of the Reference Manual
that includes WG9-approved commentaries is available from Karl
Nyberg (karl@grebyn.com).
Uniformity Rapporteur Group (URG):
(from emery@d74sun.mitre.org (David Emery))
Responsible for evaluating Uniformity Issues (UIs). UIs
specify/recommend specific choices for the compiler implementor,
where the language permits implementation freedom. The
"canonical example" is UI-8, on integer types. This UI
recommends that integers be at least 32 bits, and provides names
for the other predefined integer types. The goal of the URG and
the UI's is to further Ada portability by providing uniform
implementations of implementation-dependent features commonly
used by Ada applications.
16) What cheap (<500$) Ada compilers are available?
What follows is absolutely *not* exhaustive, but inexpensive
compilers are available, and some vendors offer educational
discounts. Among those offering educational discounts are
Alsys, DDC-I, Encore, Harris, IBM, Irvine Compiler, Meridian,
PSS, Tartan, and TeleSoft.
Meridian
Among choices for inexpensive compilers, Meridian offers one for
$99. (Meridian Software Systems, 10 Pasteur Street, Irvine, CA
92718; contact: Jim Smith 800/221-2522, 714/727-0700)
Alsys (US pricing only):
FirstAda for 286 DOS is $595. It'll run on 286 and higher, and
will generate applications for any x86 PC. Comes with a full
toolset. Alsys does run specials on it periodically. Call
Scott Dorman at 617/270-0030 for more info.
Alsys offers the same compilation system for $144 to qualified
educational institutions under its LEAP program. The program
also offers substantial educational discounts on other Alsys
products, as well as site license arrangements. Contact Kathy
Ruggiero at 617/270-0030 for more info.
17) Are there any dialup BBS systems that deal with Ada?
AdaIC BBS: (US) 703/614-0215 AUTOVON: 224-0215
Ada 9X: (US) 800-Ada9X25 301/459-8939
(from olender@CS.ColoState.EDU (Kurt Olender))
AdaNet BBS: This is a free service that maintains e-mail
connections for people not on the internet, an Ada source code
repository, and a selection of other on-line Ada-related
documents. It is sponsored by NASA. Call 800/444-1458 to
register for access.
(from carlsons@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Susan Carlson))
(Caveat: Telephone numbers can change without notice. If we
find out a number doesn't work, we'll note that, but leave the
entry in until we're sure the service has actually been
discontinued. If you are aware of a better number, please let
us know.)
Naval Computer Telecommunications Command
Tel: 804/444-7841
Air Force Software Technology Support Center (STSC) BBS
Tel: 801/777-7553 or DSN 458-7553
Baud: 2400, 1200, 300
Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
ACM SIGAda Performance Issues Working Group
PIWG Ada Benchmarks BBS
Tel: 412/268-7020
AFSC MCCR Ada -- Air Force Policy
Tel: 301/735-8124 (?? wasn't working on 2 Nov 92)
Embedded Systems Programming Magazine BBS
Tel: 415/905-2689
Ada Language System/Navy
Tel: 202/342-4568
Baud: 2400/1200/300
Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
18) Does anyone know where I can get bindings for Ada? X-Windows?
Others? (See 22 and 23 for specific reference to POSIX.)
General
The AdaIC (question 15, above) has a report on "Available Ada
Bindings". It can be ordered in hardcopy as flyer S82, and it
can be downloaded from the AdaIC Bulletin Board (703/614-0215)
as BINDINGS.HLP. It's also available by anonyomous ftp on the
AJPO host (ajpo.sei.cmu.edu).
X-Windows
(from drew@verdix.com (Drew Johnson))
This question turns out to be pretty darn hard to answer easily.
There are at least three variables that need to be filled:
1) platform where you are going to be running.
2) compiler you would like to use.
3) Level/flavor of X you would like to run (e.g., just need
bindings to Xlib, want Openlook as opposed to Motif, etc).
Once you fill all three of the above, then you can start to get
answers. In order to keep the answer brief, I am simply going
to list companies that offer such products, and locations where
free versions are available.
Before I give the list, I think a little history is in order.
The first Xlib bindings that were publically available were done
by SAIC for STARS. This implementation had many bugs, but it
was there, and it was free. I believe that this version was
eventually withdrawn from the STARS repository, and has now been
replaced with a better one. In addition, SAIC has done an Xt
implementation based on these Xlib bindings (also for STARS).
NOTE: the above description may well be inaccurate, and I
welcome corrections.
Now, for the list.
NOTE: this list is currently "off the top of my head", and I
welcome the addition of details and/or corrections. I currently
don't have time to go back through the comp.lang.ada archives to
get full contact info on the companies I am listing below. I am
counting on their vigilance to see the FAQ and send me info.
First off, there is a pretty complete list of available bindings
for X as well as other stuff at the Ada IC.
site: ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
location: /public/ada-info/bindings.hlp.06Oct92
access: anonymous FTP
Free versions:
STARS: bindings to Xlib and Xt. freely available via ftp on
source.asset.com
Non-free versions:
SERC: bindings to Xlib/Xt/Motif
contact: well!sercmail@apple.com (Scott Cleveland)
Verdix: bindings to Xlib/Xt/Motif
(Note that bindings to Xview are included with the SunAda Sun4
compiler)
contact: moskow@verdix.com (Paul Moskowitz)
ATC: bindings to Xlib/Xt/Motif
contact: ???
Telesoft: bindings to Xlib/Xt/Motif (TeleWindows)
(Note that bindings to Xview are included with the TeleSoft Sun4
compiler)
contact: philippe@telesoft.com
X-based GUI (Graphical User Interface) Builders:
Objective (OIS): Screen Machine
contact: Phil Carrasco (703/264-1900)
TeleSoft: TeleUSE
contact: philippe@telesoft.com
EVB software: GRAMMI
contact: grammi-info@evb.com
Sun Microsystems: DevGuide
contact: ???
SERC: UIL-to-Ada code generator
(not really a GUI-builder, but works with several builders to
generate Ada instead of other languages).
contact: well!sercmail@apple.com (Scott Cleveland)
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From: cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland. @ 1993-06-10 14:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
In comp.lang.ada FAQ 1/2, there's a typo in question 6
(Where can I get a public-domain Ada compiler?).
The e-mail address for the New York University host
should be: cs.nyu.edu
^
Sorry
John
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