* A well thought of language
@ 1998-10-21 0:00 Dr Amirez
1998-10-22 0:00 ` Pascal MALAISE
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From: Dr Amirez @ 1998-10-21 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
When do I get gEt_mOuSe_Xy(). Every computer I touch these days
has a mouse. If Ada provides gEt_CHar_ImMeDiate() then it should
have get_mOUse_XY(). Such a great language. C/C++ don't even assume
there is a keyboard.
Dr Amirez
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1998-10-21 0:00 A well thought of language Dr Amirez
@ 1998-10-22 0:00 ` Pascal MALAISE
1998-10-22 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-22 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
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From: Pascal MALAISE @ 1998-10-22 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dr Amirez wrote:
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> When do I get gEt_mOuSe_Xy()
Here you are (cut and paste from one of my packages):
-- Button status
type MOUSE_BUTTON_STATUS_LIST is (PRESSED, RELEASED);
-- List of button
type MOUSE_BUTTON_LIST is (LEFT, MIDDLE, RIGHT);
-- Mouse status
type MOUSE_EVENT_REC is record
VALID : BOOLEAN;
BUTTON : MOUSE_BUTTON_LIST;
STATUS : MOUSE_BUTTON_STATUS_LIST;
ROW : ROW_RANGE;
COL : COL_RANGE;
end record;
-- Get a mouse event. If valid is FALSE, it means that a release
-- has occured outside the screen, then only BUTTON and status
-- are significant
procedure GET_MOUSE_EVENT (MOUSE_EVENT : out MOUSE_EVENT_REC);
--
Pascal MALAISE
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1998-10-21 0:00 A well thought of language Dr Amirez
1998-10-22 0:00 ` Pascal MALAISE
@ 1998-10-22 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-22 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
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From: dennison @ 1998-10-22 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <70ltmn$r39$1@jupiter.cs.uml.edu>,
dramirez@cs.uml.edu (Dr Amirez) wrote:
>
>
> When do I get gEt_mOuSe_Xy(). Every computer I touch these days
> has a mouse. If Ada provides gEt_CHar_ImMeDiate() then it should
> have get_mOUse_XY(). Such a great language. C/C++ don't even assume
As soon as you write it! :-)
The vxWorks real-time platform I'm developing for doesn't support a mouse. Few
embedded platforms do either. Given the large amount of embedded work going on
in Ada, mouse support clearly is not appropriate for the core language.
A good GUI *annex* would have been a nifty idea. But I suspect it would have
delayed the Ada 95 standard quite a bit, and probably would have been even
less supported by vendors than the Distributed Systems annex. Plus it'd be
hopelessly obsolete within 10 years. (Anyone remember "Turtle Graphics"?)
--
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* Re: A well thought of language
1998-10-21 0:00 A well thought of language Dr Amirez
1998-10-22 0:00 ` Pascal MALAISE
1998-10-22 0:00 ` dennison
@ 1998-10-22 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
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From: Dale Stanbrough @ 1998-10-22 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dr Amirez wrote:
" When do I get gEt_mOuSe_Xy(). Every computer I touch these days
has a mouse. If Ada provides gEt_CHar_ImMeDiate() then it should
have get_mOUse_XY(). Such a great language. C/C++ don't even assume
there is a keyboard.
Dr Amirez"
I really think your time would be better spent using languages you do
like.
Dale
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