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From: David Botton <David@Botton.com>
Subject: Re: Keeping Ada and C data structures in sync
Date: 1999/05/23
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Actually you could design the structures in MS IDL now and use my
prototype COM binding generator to do it. MIDL would generate the C and
TLB file and the BindCOM would generate the Ada Spec from the tlb.
(http://www.adapower.com/com)

David Botton


Aidan Skinner wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 21 May 1999 18:04:01 GMT, Fred Roeber <froeber@bbn.com> wrote:
> 
> >- using some sort of IDL with the appropriate compilers to derive
> >  C and Ada versions of the structure definitions from the common
> >  input language
> 
> This could be a good opportunity to investigate CORBA.
> 
> - Aidan (who thinks CORBA has the potential to be ridiculously useful,
> but wishes the IDL wasn't quite so C-like, as he hates parenthesis)
> --
> http://www.skinner.demon.co.uk/aidan/
> Real men whistle ed commands at 300 baud into a can.