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From: Klaus Wyss <klaus.wyss@ubs.com>
Subject: Re: Limitations of Ada
Date: 1996/07/22
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The Quelisher wrote:
> 
> With all this discussion about programming different things ins Ada, I
> got to thinking......Just what are the limitations of the language? I
> mean, is it versitile enough to program a Windows program then turn right
> back around and make a kernel?
> 
> Just letting curiosity get the better of me...
> --

There are no limitations, as long as you stay in the in the nice clean
ADA world.
If you go to the real dirty computer world, with all the C libraries
(Windows,X11,DCE, DB access .... ) you get a lot of limitations.
For example if your ADA is not based on pthreads you run into problems
with DCE. 

Klaus Wyss
UBS Switzerland