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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,3d3f20d31be1c33a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,2c6139ce13be9980 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: John Goodsen Subject: Re: Is ADA as good for graphics programming as C? (WAS: Re: Avoiding the second historic mistake) Date: 1997/06/24 Message-ID: <33B09D64.E7F99DA3@saguarosoft.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 252401860 References: <33957A33.1C31AB44@oma.com> <865898351snz@nezumi.demon.co.uk> <339ED54C.215A5F85@oma.com> <5noc8u$a8m$3@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com> <33A032AC.2D8BA85C@oma.com> <5nrn86$cvo$3@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com> <33A1CBBB.B0602EC@oma.com> <5o2uls$ku3$2@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com> <33A6ADDA.2099EEB9@oma.com> <33A7D2DE.545B@polaroid.com> <33A9338D.10BB@polaroid.com> To: Tim Harrison X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Saguaro Software, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tim Harrison wrote: > > In article <33A9338D.10BB@polaroid.com>, prasadm@polaroid.com wrote: > > > Jon S Anthony wrote: > > > > If I were to do heavy-duty graphics, compression, or image > > > > processing involving implementation of state-of-the-art algorithms, > > > > I would think very carefully before choosing Ada. > > > > > > Why? > > > > Well, I must admit that I haven't done anything > > in Ada since 1983, and even then it was small programs. > > Enough said...Perhaps someone with Ada experience would be better suited > to answer this question. > -- Tim Harrison I would point you to probably one of the most powerful CAD products on the market today, called CADWIN, developed by a Paris company, Strategies. This product excels at high-performance 3D CAD applications and is written entirely in Ada. Strategies chose Ada some 10 years ago as a strategic decision and that choice now pays off. From a performance and usability standpoint, CADWIN wins hands down against older, archaic graphics products like AutoCAD, etc... I know - I've compared them and watched many users make the choice ... you haven't heard of CADWIN because they don't try to compete in the highly competetive, pile-o-marketing-lies CAD market, but rather, we use this technology to provide custom solutions for clients, with more work than we can already handle via referrals ... Furthermore, the Ada Graphics Toolkit used to develop the CADWIN family of products is also available for license to customers who need powerful, high performance graphics. This toolkit, called Heragraph, also provides cross platform GUI components (lists, tabs, fields, comboboxes, etc.) so you build your graphics application one time and it recompiles and runs on other platforms (most Unix/X flavors, Windows, Windows95, WindowsNT). Semd email directly to me if you would like more information on Heragraph and the CADWIN family of Ada based graphics products, in the U.S. market. -- John Goodsen Saguaro Software, Inc. jgoodsen@saguarosoft.com User Centered Object-Oriented Design Specialists http://www.saguarosoft.com Object-Oriented S/W Architecture, Process, Methods 602.706.1056 Software Engineering Tools and Training