Using Ada with Microsoft tools

Using Ada with Microsoft tools

[Arthur Ward]

Is there any way to use GNAT 3.10p to interface with code being
developed with MS Visual C++? Or, is there another free Ada compiler
that works with Microsoft's vision of the world?

Thanks for any help, and please send me a copy of any replies. UA's
news server is pathetic. :-(
- Arthur
  (arthurw at bigfoot.com)

Re: Using Ada with Microsoft tools

[Stephen Leake]

Arthur Ward wrote:
> 
> Is there any way to use GNAT 3.10p to interface with code being
> developed with MS Visual C++? Or, is there another free Ada compiler
> that works with Microsoft's vision of the world?

You can build a DLL with GNAT, and then call it from C++. Or vice versa.
See Jerry van Dijk's page http://stad.dsl.nl/~jvandyk/ for more info.

You can use ObjectAda, which uses the Microsoft linker, and thus can be
linked directly with the MS C++ code. ObjectAda is free, at
http://www.aonix.com/ (although their web server seems to be down at the
moment!).

-- Stephe