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Subject: Re: Any good package for mathematical function in Ada?
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mandag 1. juni 2020 12.43.04 UTC+2 skrev Dmitry A. Kazakov f=C3=B8lgende:
> On 01/06/2020 01:25, Jerry wrote:
>=20
> > If the binary you are linking to is in C or Fortran your job as an Ada =
programmer isn't too bad but if you have never done it, it will take you a =
while to figure it out. Just remember that Ada is built to do this. I did a=
 complete thick binding for PLplot a few years ago. It was lot of work to m=
ake it Ada-friendly but in large part because I didn't know C. And in a sma=
ller part because it seems that programming in a crappy language spawns cra=
ppy programming techniques. Some of the things C programmers do are abomina=
ble and not required by the language. Sorry for the OT rant.
>=20
> That is true.
>=20
> > I really wish Ada had a good binding to at least one of these libraries=
.
>=20
> Yes, but it is a lot of work and maintenance. And with mathematical=20
> functions good binding should take advantage of Ada subtypes, e.g. when=
=20
> the documentation says X > 0 and then uses double!
>=20
> --=20
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakov
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

Thanks, I will try it out (on linux)

reinert