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From: Vadim Godunko <vgodunko@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Writing a Windows/Mac app in Ada
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 23:09:27 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 10, 10:34 pm, Mike Silva <snarflem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
You may use QtAda for GUI development. QtAda application doesn't needs
to have any platform specific code and works on Mac OS X, Windows and
most UNIX (including Linux). See:

http://www.qtada.com/