From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Conditional Code in Ada 95?
Date: 1998/08/26
Date: 1998-08-26T09:58:59-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6s1esj$3or@sjx-ixn2.ix.netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6s13q3$5v9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
In article <6s13q3$5v9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
dennison@telepath.com wrote:
In response to R.Riehle's earlier anecdote about conditional compilation
>Can't you get the same effect by using a build tool like gnumake? Gnumake
is
>about as standard as they come. I'm pretty sure gnu has a pre-processor
that
>should be available on every platorm gnumake is as well.
>
>Personally, I would greatly support the decision not to add a pre-compiler.
>Anyone who has ever tried to track down a problem in the source code of
>gnu-emacs knows what a nightmare such code can turn into. It is anathema to
>the primary Ada goal of easy to understand code.
This presumes the availability, 1) of gnu, 2) Ada 95. The organization
mentioned in my post continues to use only Ada 83, as do many shops who
continue to use Ada. Also, gnumake is not universally available even
if an organization decides to use Ada 95. In the case of the
development group I referenced, they are non-military, use Ada by
choice, and have little incentive to move to Ada 95 since Ada 83 has
been successful in their products for a long time. And, No, I cannot
tell you the name of the company because of my fiduciary responsiblity
to them.
Richard Riehle
richard@adaworks.com
http://www.adaworks.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-08-26 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-08-21 0:00 Conditional Code in Ada 95? Rex Reges
1998-08-21 0:00 ` Gene Ouye
1998-08-24 0:00 ` Mark A Biggar
1998-08-27 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1998-08-27 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1998-08-22 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-08-22 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-08-23 0:00 ` dewar
1998-08-24 0:00 ` Gautier.DeMontmollin
1998-08-24 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-08-25 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-08-25 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1998-08-26 0:00 ` dennison
1998-08-26 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle [this message]
1998-08-27 0:00 ` dennison
1998-08-26 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-08-25 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-08-28 0:00 ` Laurent Pautet
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