From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Application in Ada (was Desirability of C++)
Date: 2000/05/02
Date: 2000-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8emo1d$21p$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8em8mc$evd$2@wanadoo.fr
In article <8em8mc$evd$2@wanadoo.fr>,
"Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen.adalog@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> Something that is really missing (AFAIK) is a free X server for
> windows. I got Mix, but it's an old version, more recent ones are no
> more free (gratis), and it never was free (freedom). I might be
> misinformed, but I never found another one.
The XFree86 FAQ agrees with you. But given all the yucky C interfaces
that would have to be provided, I'd think writing the server in Ada
would be an "interesting" project in just about every sense of the word.
You might be able to save some time by cribbing some of the XFree86
folks' code and Ada-izing it. But you'd be racing for time against
groups that are working on straight C ports of XFree86.
One of the subgoals of an OpenSource project done in Ada should be to
(incedentally) win some mindshare for Ada by attracting hackers to the
project. Even if there is *no* C alternative, I suspect the project will
constantly have to be fighting off attmpts to "port" it to C by
conservative C hackers. Having an acceptable C alternative already
working would make the situation much more tenuous. However I firmly
believe the day will come when we are ready to fight and win that battle
too.
But more importantly for me, I have no use for an X server. Perhaps you
have some insight that tells you that my misgivings above are total BS,
or that I'm missing some important fact that makes the whole thing
feasable. By all means give it a shot if you think it'd work. After all,
*I* thought FAX machines were an incredibly dumb idea...
--
T.E.D.
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2000-02-04 0:00 where can we get a job with ada HollymaN
2000-02-03 0:00 ` David Kristola
2000-02-04 0:00 ` EKoerber
2000-02-04 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-04 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-02-05 0:00 ` David Kristola
2000-02-06 0:00 ` Simon Brady
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Gareth
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Simon Brady
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Kent Paul Dolan
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Gareth
2000-02-08 0:00 ` Kent Paul Dolan
2000-02-11 0:00 ` where can we ... [off topic] Nick Roberts
2000-02-07 0:00 ` where can we get a job with ada Ted Dennison
2000-02-12 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
2000-02-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-02-28 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-02-29 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-01 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-03-04 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
2000-03-05 0:00 ` Ada on International Space Station (Re: where can we get a job with ada) Vladimir Olensky
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Jean St-Pierre
2000-03-08 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
2000-04-03 0:00 ` Andrew Thomas Wilson
2000-04-12 0:00 ` David Hoffman
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Desirability of C++ (was Re: Ada on International Space Station (Re: where can we get a job with ada)) David Kristola
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Desirability of C++ Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-23 0:00 ` David Kristola
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-04-17 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-30 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-04-30 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-01 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Al Christians
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Delphi Strings (was Re: Desirability of C++) Ray Blaak
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Desirability of C++ Pascal Obry
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Paul Graham
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-05-04 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Strings TP/Ada (was Desirability of C++) Gautier
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Desirability of C++ Keith Thompson
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Michael P. Walsh
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Bill Greene
2000-05-01 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-05-01 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-01 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-05-01 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Lionel Draghi
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Application in Ada (was Desirability of C++) Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
2000-05-02 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Desirability of C++ Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-07 0:00 ` ANTHONY GAIR
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-07 0:00 ` ANTHONY GAIR
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Mario Klebsch
2000-05-08 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Mario Klebsch
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-07 0:00 ` ANTHONY GAIR
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-11 0:00 ` wv12
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Warner Bruns
2000-05-18 0:00 ` Warner Bruns
2000-05-19 0:00 ` ANTHONY GAIR
2000-05-24 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
2000-05-18 0:00 ` ANTHONY GAIR
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Frank J. Lhota
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Ada on International Space Station (Re: where can we get a job with ada) Chris Johnston
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-01 0:00 ` Desirability of C++ Larry Kilgallen
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2000-05-01 0:00 ` E. Robert Tisdale
2000-03-05 0:00 ` where can we get a job with ada Ted Dennison
2000-03-22 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-05 0:00 ` David Kristola
2000-02-04 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
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