Ada Libraries (was Re: howto make system calls (newbie question))

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

It may already be done in Claw, which is great for Windows based stuff, but
doesn't help much for non windows systems. Originally this came up as a
discussion about some sort of standardized library of stuff that would
generally be available to all Ada compilers. Sort of like being able to
count on the class libraries in Java. (Data structures, math stuff,
communications, etc. Anything that could reasonably be expected to work on
most systems to which Ada is targeted.) The question would be, how easily
would the Claw.Sockets stuff port to - say - a Linux environment? And what
is the liklihood that Claw.Sockets could be bundled up with a bunch of other
things and put under some sort of GPL-ish license so that compiler vendors
would be free to distribute it with their product?

BTW: I liked the Ada Developers Cooperative License proposed by Bob Leif as
a means by which an individual or small company could make Ada code
available at no charge, but could lay claim to revenue if the code is
incorporated in a product for resale. I think it would need to come up with
some sort of payment scheme beyond a straight percentage of gross sales, and
a lot of details would need to be hammered out, but in general, I think the
concept is a good one.

MDC
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message
news:pE1L6.1995$A07.421101@homer.alpha.net...
> Already done. Take a look at Claw.Sockets (a subset is available in the
> Claw Introductory Version, which is a free download from
> www.rrsoftware.com).
>