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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ab0f43f65938894d,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Mike Silva Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Writing a Windows/Mac app in Ada Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:34:45 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <53e1de28-eeb4-431e-b27f-09b90fe6c74e@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.51.178.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1210444485 14039 127.0.0.1 (10 May 2008 18:34:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 18:34:45 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.51.178.124; posting-account=QgO_5wkAAACZKtAvkb3f1VNDm9C58qLr User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35 Date: 2008-05-10T11:34:45-07:00 List-Id: I have a commercial application I have prototyped in C++ on Windows, and I am very tempted to write it fresh (as per Fred Brooks) in Ada at the same time I am extending it to Mac (OS X). But I can only justify this if the obstacles will be at a minium, whatever that might mean in practice. This will be a business-flavored app with no multimedia but with typical screen controls and lots of printing (with associated WYSIWYG on the screen). So my questions are, what libraries/ frameworks would allow me to share the most code between Windows and Mac versions, and be easiest to pick up. My other question is, please tell me everything I don't already know about such an undertaking. :-) In all seriousness, any hints or tips on writing a multi-platform application would be greatly appreciated. Mike