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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9e2f60618cf3eaa8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-02 17:38:14 PST Message-ID: <3DC47DBD.C6C75B70@sympatico.ca> From: David Marceau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.17-10mdksmp i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Distributed Ada (Annex E) References: <3DB479E6.1725E12C@lmco.nospammmmmm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 20:37:01 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.92.166.96 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1036287108 65.92.166.96 (Sat, 02 Nov 2002 20:31:48 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 20:31:48 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30314 Date: 2002-11-02T20:37:01-05:00 List-Id: Joe Simon wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been working for many years on implementing distributed systems > for various uses. > Every one of them has had specialized data communications schemes worked > out for them. > I was just reading a paper on distributed systems utilizing Ada 95 and > Annex E, it said that the Ada distributed processing model made creating > distributed systems in Ada "Painless". > > I have Ada 95 and would like to evaluate for myself how "painless" it > is. When i get on the net > to search for information, I find references to software, such as > "Glade" from A.C.T, or "Adept" from Texas A & M. However, I can't seem > to find any literature that provides an "Ada distributed Systems for the > cluless". Is all I need to put together a small distributed system test > (the equivalent to "Hello World", but displayed on another node) is > GNAT, or do I need one of these other packages ? > > thanks for your help > Joe Simon Please also check out the Ada Web Server(aws) sources and its documentation section 3.6 Communication. It is certainly worthwhile since you might even find it to be simpler to use than GLADE :) http://libre.act-europe.fr/aws/ Cheers, David Marceau