From: emery@mitre-bedford.arpa (David Emery)
Subject: Re: Meridian Ada for MS Windows
Date: 26 Oct 92 20:37:41 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EMERY.92Oct26153741@Dr_No.mitre.org> (raw)
This is an instance of the larger debate on "thin vs thick" language
bindings.
The arguments for thin bindings are:
1. efficiency (no extra Ada layering)
2. reuse of existing documentation
3. ease of development
The arguments for thick bindings are:
1. appropriate Ada coding style/abstraction
2. support for Ada features (e.g. exceptions, tasking)
The POSIX/Ada binding (IEEE Standard P1003.5) is an example of a thick
binding. This document has a lot of (very good) rationale on the
topic.
Personally, I'm very much in favor of thick bindings as products. If
all I wanted was a thin binding, I'd either program in C, or do it myself.
dave
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1992-10-27 17:54 Meridian Ada for MS Windows Bob Kitzberger
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