Re: Ada "library only" compiler ?

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

Randy,

> And of course, the situation on Windows is very different. The basic OS API 
> (Win32) is defined via a set of DLL interfaces that are consistent across 
> all modern versions of Windows specifically so binary compatibility is 
> possible. No C is really required there, either.

I don't see your point. Interfacing to a DLL is just like interfacing to
C or whatever. In fact the Win32 DLL API are in C, same on Linux where
the lib C is used, no? On Windows you interface to fopen() as done on
UNIXes I suppose or maybe to an even higher level using OpenFile().

Pascal.

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