Re: Porting Ada code to Linux

[Gautier <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>]

Martin:

> They are not Ada libraries but Ada bindings. And the real problem you are
> going to have is to find a replacement for the Libraries those binding are
> binding to.
> 
> i.E. For Win32* you will need a Linux replacement for "win32.dll".
> 
> I like to point out that you would have the same problem if the code was
> written in C (so it would be unfair to say "damm you Ada") in which case
> you would look for a replacement of "windows.h" and it's friend. It's low
> level operating system access and it just isn't there in Linux.
> 
> The bad news is: You need to replace it all with low level Linux access.

And also to be mentioned, the good news are: most of the code (the parts not 
bound to Win32) will be very easy to port, and that is because it is in Ada...
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