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,e276c1ed16429c03
X-Google-NewGroupId: yes
X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII
Path: 
 g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed101.telia.com!starscream.dk.telia.net!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:03:03 +0200
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thomas_L=F8cke?= <tl@ada-dk.org>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US;
 rv:1.9.1.14) Gecko/20101020 Thunderbird/3.0.9
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular!
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1010271051280.20224@Bluewhite64.example.net>
 <4cc87d7a$0$23755$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <op.vk85a5ivule2fv@garhos>
 <4cc912e1$0$23761$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
 <19rlit851kct1$.db26uwez2yg7$.dlg@40tude.net>
 <4cc94547$0$23752$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
 <i904ghveib4a.1nhkwbzed3fkv.dlg@40tude.net>
 <4cc9bf12$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
 <1dqjc61taitn9frnn558v27931q3v2puk9@4ax.com>
 <4cca5811$0$23763$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
 <2lklc6pa8f0tub4dmg0abpuk29hrh1aubh@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <2lklc6pa8f0tub4dmg0abpuk29hrh1aubh@4ax.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-ID: <4ccad418$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source
NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.91.213.86
X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk
 DXC=][UgXJd4DV4IE=Lc_\oXE4YSB=nbEKnk;:0HF:[2V9b:1GQX8;5?Cn7RED9SjB8:69Qo^8G8>And=l]1:Xn17Y_;?DnJl7^Pb6?
X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk
Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:15904
Date: 2010-10-29T16:03:03+02:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

On 2010-10-29 16:04, Brian Drummond wrote:
> It's probably worth asking when you tried it.


I test it on a regular basis. Latest test was done with 1.3.5.


> My experience is that a lot of things that didn't work a few versions ago, now
> do. Including PCB layout packages, Amazon Kindle for Windows, and (ahem) Plants
> vs Zombies...


I can add Steam and L4D to that (ahem) list.  :o)


> On the other hand, if your application needs to access special PCI hardware, you
> are probably still SOL.


That is the big stumbling block. I make heavy use of Intel dialogic
cards, and they've so far utterly refused to do anything when using
Wine.

So yea, I'm SOL.

-- 
Regards,
Thomas L�cke

Email: tl at ada-dk.org
Web: http:ada-dk.org
IRC nick: ThomasLocke