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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada and C++ in the same binary,
 was: Re: Current status of Ada development for an Android target ?
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:11:59 +0200
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Simon Clubley wrote:

> The C++ idea is for the low level code which could be used elsewhere.
> If I write that low level code in Ada then how do I port it to a
> target which may not have an Ada compiler available for it?

The expensive solution is to use AdaMagic, which compiles to C
(including run-time support).

But writing in C++ is expensive as well.

The difference is just when you pay the price.  With AdaMagic, you only
pay once you need to.

Greetings,

Jacob
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