Re: graphics in ada

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Given that Ada - like most programming languages - is capable of 
generating any permutation of bits in memory that you'd care to imagine, 
how is it "not possible" to do graphics in Ada?

If the question is "Does Ada have a built-in graphics library of some 
sort?" then the answer is "No, there is no standard graphics library..." 
  But you probably could find some non-standard graphics libraries out 
there in Ada or interface to other libraries provided on your machine. 
(The latter being a lousy answer.) So I guess basically its a case of 
"Roll Your Own" or go with some language that has it built-in.

MDC



Andrew wrote:
> When I was taking ada cources in college (Ada88 if i remember correctly) 
> my professor said that graphics were not possible in Ada.  Has this 
> changed? If so to what degree?
> Can I create a program, in ada, that will open a window have the 
> backround be black, and have it draw a maze where the walls of the maze 
> are just thin blue lines (2 or 3 pixels thick) .. obviously nothing 
> fancy or 3d generated..
> is this possible in ada?
> 
> I have been doing some googling and am getting kind of mixed signals on 
> the answer.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> Andrew
> 


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