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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a02:4086:: with SMTP id n128mr26233476jaa.19.1552511872986; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:17:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7d82:: with SMTP id j2mr7874077otn.270.1552511872343; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.166.216.MISMATCH!82no32306itk.0!news-out.google.com!y88ni25ita.0!nntp.google.com!r6no32265ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:17:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=107.77.202.123; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 107.77.202.123 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3c8c27c4-f43d-4812-b16b-ba630cc647ae@googlegroups.com> Subject: the soul of a refreshed Ada momentum From: Optikos Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:17:52 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:55867 Date: 2019-03-13T14:17:51-07:00 List-Id: This xlang might be a good platform for automated fa=C3=A7ade code generati= on in language m to =E2=80=A2hijack=E2=80=A2 libraries in language n, so th= at m is not hampered by the lack of n=E2=80=99s rich trove of libraries, wh= ere most notably m=3DAda and n=E2=88=88{C,C++,C#,Rust,Go,Python,ObjectiveC,= OCaml/Coq} Many people nowadays seem to choose programming languages for the repertoir= e of libraries, not the core language. This xlang automated API/ABI projec= tion might be a game-changer by divorcing library lock-in from choice of la= nguage, just as its core/predessor (C++/WinRT) did for C++ vis a vis C#. T= hink of xlang as a potential golden era of taking library lock-in shackles = off. Ada in the 2020s: the great hijacker language