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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada to Motif bindings
Date: 2000/04/10
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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.