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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ffe4fb1477fe67e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!proxad.net!fdn.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4640923B.7060409@obry.net> Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 17:07:39 +0200 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: ezkcdude Subject: Re: Newbie Needs Ada Advice References: <1178212418.538270.283700@c35g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <1178635220.859690.3310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1178635220.859690.3310@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 08 May 2007 17:07:47 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.124.124.199 X-Trace: 1178636867 news.orange.fr 5105 82.124.124.199:1829 X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15641 Date: 2007-05-08T17:07:47+02:00 List-Id: ezkcdude a �crit : > Markus, thanks for the advice. I'm one of those people who loves to do > the "right" thing, and it seems to me like Ada is, in theory, a great > programming language. Of course, one has to be practical. The main > issues that I am trying to wrestle with is how I would implement a GUI > and, in general, handle graphics (display, manipulation, input/ > output). Java seems much more ready-made for these tasks at the > moment, and I don't see the Ada packages have that much enthusiasm or > support. It's unfortunate, because like I said, Ada seems like the > "right" language to me for most of what my objectives are. I don't understand that, did you really had a look at GtkAda (some have commented that they don't like it, fine) ? GPS is developed with it, looks like GtkAda is quite capable... Another solution for Ada is to use AWS, the Ada application can then be accessed with a standard browser. This of course impose that the GUI be not too "fancy", yet with the AWS/Ajax support there is still some nice GUI to build. > One idea I have, and I'd love to hear advice or comments, is to use > Ada as the "engine" for my program, and somehow use Java to create the > GUI and deal with images. Does this seem like a possibility? Everything is possible :) Java GUI are so ugly that I won't even consider this a solution. At least GtkAda as native look&feel (not 100% ok but far better than Java). Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595