Re: Ada and graphics

[beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith)]

lvirden@cas.org wrote:

: When you say that Fresco : can do - are you talking in the present, or plans
: for the near future, or plans for an unannounced future?

I am guiltly of the speaking in the software present tense.  ;-)
Just because I see working code here doesn't mean it is ready for
customers yet.  My apologies.

We started developing the Ada 9X version of Fresco back late last year.
We announced the product at TRI-Ada last month.

I'll try to add some real data to answer the `when' question.
Here are the steps:

Description					Projected Completion
-----------					--------------------
Map CORBA IDL to Ada 9X				done
Write IDL-to-Ada 9X compiler			done
Write multi-threaded X11R6 xlib/Ada 9X binding	done
Write implementations for graphics classes	Q4 94
Write multi-threaded Win32/Ada 9X binding	Q1 95
Add more widgets and complete documentation	Q1 95
Begin beta testing for Fresco/Ada 9X/Unix	Q1 95
Begin beta testing for Fresco/Ada 9X/Win 32	Q2 95

(These are current working estimates, not promises.
 Our Schedule is very much affected by Ada 9X compiler
 implementors.)

We split testing into three phases:

    Alpha - product is not done, features (and bugs ;-) are still being added
    Beta  - product is done, we're trying to find and fix bugs
    Gamma - we don't know of any bugs, but product is a new port

... Bill

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