From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada to Motif bindings
Date: 2000/04/10
Date: 2000-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2000Apr10.082953.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38F17693.F32F2074@home.com
In article <38F17693.F32F2074@home.com>, Glen Cornell <the.cornells@home.com> writes:
>> What features in Ada do you feel causes such a mismatch?
>
> Ah! A loaded question. I wouldn't be so foolish to voice my opinion to
> the world!
>
> I will point out that Xlib/Xt/Xm programming in Ada brings a new source
> of potential errors:
>
> 1. Ada-c type conversions.
> 2. Ada run-time conflicts with the Xt process model.
> 3. Ada threads and the single-threaded nature of X.
But the single-threaded nature of X is an issue in any programming
language. If you have a requirement to use multiple execution
contexts in parallel, you better do it in separate processes,
regardless of programming language.
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-03 0:00 Ada to Motif bindings John Standard
2000-04-03 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Glen Cornell
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Marc CHEVRIER
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Glen Cornell
2000-04-06 0:00 ` dale
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Glen Cornell
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2000-04-11 0:00 ` Simon Wright
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-04-11 0:00 ` Simon Wright
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ada to XRT bindings John Standard
2000-04-15 0:00 ` james hopper
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