From: Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Suitability for small Windows projects
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:32:22 GMT
Date: 2000-09-27T00:32:22+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39D1404E.4620136D@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8qr809$cjj@newshost.fujitsu.com.au
Ray Smith wrote:
>
> Hi There,
>
> I have been looking into Ada for hobby programming.
> (I am a professional Cobol / Visual Basic programmer with small amounts of
> experience in about a dozen of other languages)
>
> I have read the FAQ, browsed www.adahome.com but still had a couple of
> questions I hope someone can answer.
adahome is, unfortunately, not maintained. A better site is
www.adapower.com.
>
> 1. Can Ada (Assume gnat) produce standalone Windows executables? If so,
> how big are they compared to equivalent C executables? If no, how many files
> would need to be distributed to run the application?
Yes. If you want to do it the hard way, look at the examples that come
with GNAT. An easier way is to use GtkAda, a binding to GTK+ that has
been ported to Windows (www.adapower.com/gtkada/). However, GtkAda does
not yet support standalone executables. The easiest way is to use JEWL.
On adapower, follow the Links link to find JEWL in the Brighton
University Resource Kit for Students. Just above that link you will find
the Ada on Win32 link.
>
> 2. Are there "good" libraries available for GUI, Winsockets and database
> connectivity?
Yes. Adapower should be able to help you there.
>
> 3. Are there any DirectX or libraries available for making games? (I have
> read the history of Ada and understand the goals but that doesn't mean Ada
> can't be used for fun!!!)
Also on adapower is a link for Game Programming with Ada.
--
Jeff Carter
"You couldn't catch clap in a brothel, silly English K...niggets."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-26 22:38 Suitability for small Windows projects Ray Smith
2000-09-26 0:00 ` Jeff Creem
2000-09-26 0:00 ` Gerhard Haering
2000-09-27 4:20 ` Ray Smith
2000-09-27 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-09-27 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-09-27 0:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
2000-09-28 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-09-28 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-09-28 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-10-19 0:00 ` r_c_chapman
2000-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-10-23 0:00 ` Peter Amey
2000-10-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-10-23 0:00 ` Peter Amey
2000-10-05 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-10-05 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-10-06 0:00 ` Lao Xiao Hai
2000-09-28 2:53 ` DuckE
2000-09-27 0:21 ` tmoran
2000-09-27 5:30 ` tmoran
2000-09-27 0:32 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
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2000-09-27 6:21 Alexey V. Litvinov
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