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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54fd6d4abaee31c7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." Subject: ADA COMMON ENVIRONMENT (comments) Date: 1996/10/30 Message-ID: <2.2.32.19961030224829.006c1e58@mail.cts.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 193419410 sender: Ada programming language x-sender: rleif@mail.cts.com comments: cc: ara@ocsystems.com content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Date: 1996-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >From Bob Leif To: Mark Taube et al. Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 07:30:20 -0400 Subject: ADA COMMON ENVIRONMENT (comments) I agree with " Why not define the specs as standardized public domain and allow vendors to make whatever body implementations they want. The Ada community needs portability between Ada implementations which doesn't exist in the Ada83 world." My suggestion is to build the Ada API on or employing HTML for the screens. I believe that is what Microsoft is doing for the next version of Windows. A short term approach is to make the new Ada environment work within the net browsers, such as Netscape. One long term approach is to reimplement the necessary JAVA parts of the Intermetrics' Ada to J code compiler environment in Ada 95 to run directly under the operating systems. This would provide compiled code for each operating system. This last step may not be necessary If, as expected, native code JAVA compilers are created or J code to object code systems are implemented. Hopefully, there would also be a means to make the HTML system CORBA compliant. The Ada community should also take a look at the new WebObjects Enterprise from NeXT Software Inc. http://www.next.com -------------------------------------------------------------- . >The Ada Common Environment Working Group of the Ada Resource Association >is accepting candidates for adoption as "Ada Common Environment >Bindings." One binding from each area will be designated as "ARA Common" >and will be recognized by member companies of the Ada Common Environment >Working Group. -------------------------------------------------------------- Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. Ada_Med