Re: A couple of quick questions

[Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de>]

On 28.12.12 16:02, Dufr wrote:
> 2) do the available Ada libraries include all the modern tools which are a given in most languages (e.g. networking, graphics, audio, database, etc)? Any weak area in this regard


There are a few things to note, from which the answer follows.

Most of the modern _languages_ have none of the above mentioned
software facilities built in. They do allow easy linking with
function libraries, or with type libraries, that allow
programming networks, graphics, audio, database etc.

Ada programs can link with the same libraries, too.
Or with whatever is made available by the operating system
(as opposed to made available by the language).

(For example, C++, the language, does not have a single database
operator, but there are a number of ways to obtain access to a
database from a C++ program. The C# language has some built-in
support for a few database operations, named LINQ. But LINQ is
no help with almost any modern mobile devices; for proof, have your
favorite search engine find "LINQ" and "Android", or "LINQ" and
"iOS".)

There are, in any case, Ada centric solutions, for example, a
complete web server written in Ada, for use in Ada programs.

There are several ways an Ada program can talk to a database,
for example, via ODBC, or using embedded SQL.

Also, does Google Groups have an option to insert line breaks
into paragraphs? A source text oriented forum such as this, or
comp.lang.*, will profit greatly from lines, like source text
usually does.