Re: C versus Ada (once again :-)), was: Re: F-22 ADA Programming

[Brian Drummond <brian3@shapes.demon.co.uk>]

On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 01:54:38 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:

> On 2014-11-01, Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid> wrote:

>> There is no freeware Ada for iOS right now. There is no workable
>> freeware Ada for Android right now. This should cover the mass market
>> of computers for entertainment, communication, and contacts, excluding
>> gaming.
>>
> I thought someone had brought up an Ada cross compiler for Android by
> using a FreeBSD host ?
> 
> Are you saying it doesn't work ? (I'm currently getting into the world
> of Android development and once I understand it enough using the
> supported languages, I was going to have a look at Ada on Android).

The compiler (John Marino's, as Luke says) works fine and apparently 
passes the full ACATS suit. I have built it and made simple command line 
applications, which worked. (Same is true of the Fortran compiler you 
noted)

The "workable" part of Georg's statement comes from the fact that command 
line apps on Android are ... kinda missing the point. 

At that time (2011) integration with the GUI was ... painful would be the 
polite way to put it. And I've not seen any evidence that has changed in 
the last 3 years.

- Brian