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From: Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ada without ada libraries?
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On Feb 8, 3:10=A0pm, Patrick <patr...@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote:
> Thanks Guys!
>
> I was thinking of intertwining C and ada via import and export pragmas
> and the fdump-ada-spec feature. I am just a little mixed up about
> whether to write a little C beforehand or to do everything in ada.

That makes some sense. Were I you I'd go with the REALLY-THICK-BINDING
approach, where you put the C importing (and executing) into a package
Body with only nice (read Ada) interfacing in the Spec... using it
your
user should have no clue C is ever involved.