Re: JGnat support. was NetBeans and ADA?(Co-opt Java?)

[Wannabe h4x0r <chris@dont.spam.me>]

It would be terribly dissapointing to see the Ada/Java concept pass into
oblivion.

However, perhaps one could swipe the Java idea entirely and create an Ada
bytecode compiler with Java support, rather than the other way around,
no? I suspect the added flexibility of Ada(Ada95 in particular) would
make this a very useful tool for certain software engineering problems
that many of the engineers on this newsgroup are or will be dealing with.
I use the word "suspect" because my limited experience with real software
engineering doesnt qualify me to make more than a guess.

We already have the GNAT runtime libraries. Perhaps that would be a good
place to start. Even if only for the research value. i.e. Even a briefe
study of the concept could yeild ideas that would have never crossed our
minds before.
As far as distributed computing and such goes(which is what Java and .NET
are designed for, if my understanding is correct) perhaps we could do
some research into Grid computing(where Ada95 would really shine I
suspect). Check out http://www.globus.org 

Or maybe I'm off in lala land again. Anyways, I dont suppose it would
hurt to take a look at the idea.

Chris