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: 103376,39e272d357c68416 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Samuel T. Harris" Subject: Re: Is Apex dead as an environment for Ada & Java? Date: 1999/12/06 Message-ID: <384BE340.2258C60F@hso.link.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 557307975 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <11f733ec.57d88b68@usw-ex0107-042.remarq.com> <3844D7DB.BBE53FD9@gmx.de> <065f8722.4039674a@usw-ex0101-005.remarq.com> <3846CB5D.F1F77C21@hso.link.com> <000b8d9b.a5ff48ae@usw-ex0102-016.remarq.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Raytheon Scientific & Technical Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: jim_snead wrote: > > In article <3846CB5D.F1F77C21@hso.link.com>, "Samuel T. Harris" > wrote: > > jim_snead wrote: > > > It sounds as if the Apex environment is locked into a single host > > > environment. So if you go to source code that was set up with a > > > particular operating system, you cannot modify anything > > > with another environment (say Solaris versus AIX). This is > > > extremely contrary to portable Ada or Java development. In many > > > instances one set of code could work for many different > > > environments. > > I believe you have mis-read Andreas Winckler. I think Andreas > > was refering to the RCI (Remote Compilation Integrator) facility. > > This facility has two part to it. The first is the customization > > of a very general Ada semantic compiler. This compiler does not > > produce any object code, but it does produce the semantic trees > > which drive the ASIS stuff as well as the smart editor. The second > > part of an RCI is the collection of scripts necessary to control > > the actual target compiler. RCI customizations provide extra > > "compiler models" as Andreas put it. This allows a project which > > has to support several compilers to use the single Apex development > > environment for all of them. This does not mean Apex only runs > > on a single environment. > > Does this mean that you can set up a source code area that > is compilable to a platform-neutral format such as Java Byte Codes, > and then allow any host to do check-ins and check-outs and building > of semantic trees. The RCI could then be used as a generic > compilation model to be used across many platforms. > Since I have customized the RCI to work with Intermetrics AdaMagic compiler (which generates Java Byte Codes) the answer to your question is yes. Taking full advantage of RCI capabilities insures a single development environment no matter how many target compilers are involved. The only remaining issue is that developers still have to learn the debuggers for the target compilers. Howver, there is much less need to use target debuggers when nearly all development and testing can be done within Apex itself. > Thanks, the RCI seems a bit complex but is probably the > missing piece that explains the Apex approach. > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! -- Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer Raytheon, Scientific and Technical Systems "If you can make it, We can fake it!"