Re: Ada Bindings

[dgg@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU (David Gawron)]

In article <1722@dinl.mmc.UUCP>
schallen@dinl.uucp (Eric Schallenmueller) writes:
>
>I just read an article about a system that NASA is building which works with X-
>windows that helps one build a GUI.  The user puts together his GUI and the 
>tool spits out the Ada source code for it that makes the necessary calls to 
>their C++ utilities.  Anyone got further info on it?  I think the name of the 
>system is TAE and is trademarked by NASA.  (I heard about it from a colleague
>who had a fax of a photocopy of a photocopy from a journal etc.)

The name of the tool is TAE (Transportable Applications Environment)
and it's available from COSMIC for approximately $250.  It comes in two
flavors: TAE-plus and TAE-classic; the "plus" version is the latest and
greatest.

Some of the supported platforms are:

	VAX/VMS					(classic & plus)
	VAX/ULTRIX				(classic & plus)
	DECStation 3100 (ULTRIX)		(plus)
	SUN2/Unix				(classic)
	SUN3/Unix				(classic & plus)
	SUN4/Unix				(classic & plus)
	Apollo/Unix				(classic & plus)
	HP9000 Series 300 (UNIX)		(plus)
	HP9000 Series 800 (UNIX)		(plus)
	Mac II (A/UX)				(plus)
	Sparc Station (UNIX)			(plus)

Note: the platforms above have "validated" ports of TAE available.  There
are a bunch more platforms (IBM/RT, Masscomp, Silicon Graphics, ...) that
have TAE available but they are not "validated" ports.  I don't know what
it means to be validated but I assume it's a good thing!

The Ada code TAE produces is not pure.  For example, the code generated
under the SUN3 version is specifically geared towards the SUN/Verdix
compiler.  On VMS it produces DEC Ada code.  Ada is Ada you say?  Silly
boy!

The look and feel seems to be very consistent between platforms.  I am
currently working with TAE and DEC Ada on a VMS system.

Email me if you want additional info.


Dave Gawron