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On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 3:11:37 AM UTC-6, alby....@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Ada Community
>=20
> For those interested in Microsoft NetFramework, I have developed a set of
> bindings, runtime that allows native Ada applications built using GNAT to
> use the NetFramework. Conceptually this is very similar to "Embedinator 4=
000"
> developed by the "Mono" development team. Note this is not Ada compiled i=
nto
> CLR/VM bytecode, but a native (albeit for the moment) Windows x64 applica=
tion that
> can make use of the functionality provided by the NetFramework.
>=20
> Note this is a Proof of concept/alpha release, but it is functional
>=20
> The git repo contains 3 branches, these being
>=20
> 1) Master - a cutdown version of mscorlib (only includes subset of mscorl=
ib)
> 2) System.dll - contains the core system bindings (core dependency)
> 3) System.Windows.forms.dll - contains winforms bindings
>=20
> I suggest that if you want to build/test the repo, please start with the =
"Master"
> branch (which contains rudimentary test application (ie VS/GPR project) a=
nd then
> progress to System and finally System.Windows.Forms branch. Note that the=
=20
> Winforms branch will take ~45 min to complete, so be patient (its a large=
 lib!)
>=20
> Notes:
>=20
> 1) Please use the latest version of VisualAda to build the projects. Thei=
r was
> a memory leak which may/will cause the final part of the build to fail
>=20
> 2)I am intending to support NetCore going forward, so that Mac, Linux cli=
ents
> will be supported. But this may take some time, since the CLR hosting /in=
terop
> Api's are very different from NetCore to NetFRamework
>=20
> Git repo is https://github.com/Alex-Gamper/Ada-NetFramework.git
>=20
> Feel free to raise questions / comments
>=20
> Alex

So, this allows you to use DOTNET stuff in native applications; that's pret=
ty nifty.
There was a GANT that targeted DOTNET directly, though the latest one is pr=
etty old now (2014?) and there was a Ada spec generator where you could imp=
ort DOTNET libraries for use in your Ada programs. [I have a copy of Delphi=
.NET, so of course I ran it over the Delphi DLLs. ;) And had some fun playi=
ng around with that.]