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Subject: Ada Library, called, returns and continues ?
From: Patrick <patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org>
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Date: 2012-12-16T11:21:16-08:00
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so I have been going around in circles(as usual)with a problem. I would lik=
e to use Ada as a library from a single threaded GUI application.

I don't want the GUI to block and I want the freedom to use Ada's threading=
 model without too many restrictions.

I keep changing my mind but today I looking into the Fox Toolkit. I am thin=
king about writing a single threaded C++ or Ruby application and then calli=
ng Ada from it.

I was thinking about using UNIX sockets or dbus and have the two live separ=
ate lives, just communicating as needed but I am wondering if I am missing =
something simple. If I write and compile an Ada library into my GUI app, is=
 it possible to call an Ada function, have it return quickly but then have =
Ada code continue to execute using threading?

Honestly I have not used Ada's threading yet but could the GUI call an entr=
y, perhaps after an initialization call to start the threads?