Re: JGnat support. was NetBeans and ADA?(Co-opt Java?)

["Marc A. Criley" <mcqada95@earthlink.net>]

Wes Groleau wrote:
> 
> > However, perhaps one could swipe the Java idea entirely and create an Ada
> > bytecode compiler with Java support, ....
> >
> > We already have the GNAT runtime libraries. Perhaps that would be a good
> > place to start. ....
> 
> If I understand you right, you mean an environment
> where there would be an "Ada Virtual Machine (AVM)"
> consisting mainly of the run-time libraries and a
> byte-code interpreter, and a byte-code that includes
> primitives for the Ada concurrency features?
> 
> Interesting idea.

I think that's one fork to take, another, though, is simply having a
rich set of "standardized", portable, and consistent utility packages
ready to go--comparable to the JDK.

Marc A. Criley
Consultant
Quadrus Corporation
www.quadruscorp.com