From: morphis@fnalv1.fnal.gov
Subject: Re: GNAT, OS/2, Libraries
Date: 1996/04/10
Date: 1996-04-10T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4khbj7$hbq@fnnews.fnal.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4kgpjs$r6@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu
I want to thank Tore and the others who have posted and emailed explanations
and ... ummm ask another question :)
tojst1+@pitt.edu (Tore Joergensen) writes:
>morphis@fnalv1.fnal.gov wrote:
>: Hi,
>: I occasionally lurk here and one of the comments I have read
>: about GNAT in general and GNAT for OS/2 in particular is that there
>: is a lack of libraries. Excuse my ignorance but what does that mean?
>: Are we talking about something basic to the language? or about
>: libraries of routines that will find the roots of Bessel functions,
>: draw squares or create x-widgets?
>
> There are thin bindings to the OS/2 API, but
>that is a bit low-level for big programs :-).
sigh, I ask a question and then get more confused. I can guess what a
binding is but a "thin binding"? (why do I feel like I am way over my
head? :)
>I'm not sure what the root of a Bessel function is, but it sounds like
>something that is compiler and OS independent
very much so <VBG>
> Create x-widgets isn't very useful
>under OS/2 unless you have a X-environment :-).
oops, I sit in front of an x-terminal most of the day so that is what
popped into my mind... though Xfree86 is in advanced alpha...
>+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
>| Tore B. Joergensen | e-mail : tore@lis.pitt.edu |
Robert Morphis
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1996-04-10 0:00 GNAT, OS/2, Libraries morphis
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1996-04-10 0:00 ` Tore Joergensen
1996-04-10 0:00 ` morphis [this message]
1996-04-11 0:00 ` Tore Joergensen
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