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Date: 15 Oct 92 10:15:52 GMT
From: mcsun!uknet!yorkohm!minster!mjl-b@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Re: Novice question: What's a "binding"
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In article <1992Oct13.225642.25188@nosc.mil> psm@nosc.mil (Scot Mcintosh) write
s:
>I'm just getting familiar with Ada and there is a mystery I'm trying to
>clear up: what is meant by "bindings"? I see the term appearing as a
>noun, as in: "We supply X Windows bindings for Ada". My inference is
>that they are what I have thought of in the past as libraries. Before
>making a fool of myself in front of someone important, I figure I had
>better ask. (Oops, not that you people aren't important: I mean
>someone like a *customer*). If my inference is correct, how did
>this term happen to be selected instead of the more common (I think)
>"libraries"?

I've always taken "binding" to mean "interface to a library written in a
language other than Ada". Hence X bindings for Ada are an interface to the C
X libraries (actually, it gets more complex than this due to X callbacks --
but I digress :-) ).

I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong :-)


>Scot McIntosh
>Internet: psm%helios.nosc.mil@nosc.mil

Mat

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