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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!aplcomm!dgg From: dgg@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU (David Gawron) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Bindings Summary: Ada/TAE is neat. Keywords: TAE, X-Windows, Ada-Bindings Message-ID: <282@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU> Date: 4 Sep 90 21:01:48 GMT References: <1722@dinl.mmc.UUCP> Reply-To: dgg@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Dave Gawron) Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Organization: JHU/APL, Laurel, MD List-Id: 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