Re: Ada student homework ?

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

Marin David Condic wrote in message <3A0C0BEE.347F659C@acm.org>...
>You are correct about the Windows/PC/C situation. While you *can*
develop apps in Ada for this platform,
>you are swimming against the tide in many respects. The OS interface is
C, there are tons of C/C++ oriented
>development tools, etc. From a market standpoint, you can't afford to
ignore the Windows environment. If
>you're going to develop there, you'll have to know C (to some extent)
just to use the OS.

Well, that's the point of Claw: to allow people to develop for Windows
without needing to know C. (And, I'd expect that various other people
working on GUI tools would say the same.)

I would say that we've failed if C knowledge is still necessary.

(Before someone complains, I would probably agree in some ways that we
have failed. One of the original pillars for Claw was a Petzold-like
book with all of the examples in Ada 95 using Claw. But we never found
anyone capable enough in Ada 95, Windows, and writing to create it. [Two
out of three isn't enough.] And, if you have to extend beyond the
boundaries of Claw, you'll end up needing to know C. But certainly such
knowledge is not necessary for many applications.)

                Randy Brukardt
                (R.R. Software, Inc. For more info on Claw, see
www.rrsoftware.com)