Re: Newbie: display control

["John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>]

Ada was intended specifically for embedded systems.

COBOL was intended specifically for automatic data processing systems, and
it has had great success in that job.

"Stephen Leake" <Stephen.A.Leake@nasa.gov> wrote in message
news:u1y1ogq71.fsf@nasa.gov...
> svaa@ciberpiula.net (svaa) writes:
>
> > Hello:
> >   Is there any library to control display cursor etc, that has become
> > an standard "de facto" in Ada 95?.
>
> Look on adapower.com; there are packages that control cursors in text
> displays.
>
> > I'm a newbie in Ada, but I think it's strange that Ada RM, that
> > covers a lot of stuff, doesn't have a screen/cursor/keyboard
> > standard spec. the user interface in Ada 95 is sad (well, I would
> > say missing).
>
> Yes, it is missing. That's because there is no "international standard
> user interface device". Ada is an international standard, so it has to
> be very careful about specifying things that might not be.
>
> > I know there are a lot of terminals, and depends a lot upon
> > hardware. But the first Ada was born in 1983, not in 1960, terminals
> > were then an important part of computers world. I don't mean Ada
> > should have a full GUI, but at least a "clear screen", and "set
> > cursor position" procedure.
>
> Is there an international standard for these operations?
>
> > Or was the main goal of Ada embedded systems?
>
> One of the main goals.
>
>
> At the same time, the "normal" user interface these days is graphical
> (bitmapped), not command-line or character screens. On adapower.com,
> you will also find severl non-standard libraries to handle graphical
> displays.
>
> --
> -- Stephe