Re: Linux Kernel in Ada. Repost

[jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)]

bill_@nospam wrote:

: It is kind'a hard to write Linux or Unix stuff in Ada, becuase the Posix
: Ada binding do not seem to work well or even documented. The Posix Ada
: bindings for linux (there is now even an RPM for these for Linux!) do not
: have an API document to tell one how to use them to write the sort of stuff
: you are talking about.

Unfortunately the documentation for the POSIX binding is the relevant IEEE
POSIX standard. This is unfortunate as this document can only be obtained
by buying it from the IEEE directly, for what I consider an unreasonable
amount of money (I could never justify it for myself, as a company it might
be different). Of course, the 1992 version seems to have disappeared, and
the current one is not yet finished.

Although I agree with Robert that a thin binding is usually much easier to
use if a) you already know your environment and b) already have some
documentation, I think that the current POSIX effort should be completed.
In a really friendly world, the standard would than be freely or at least
for an affordable price, be obtainable. Actually, the IEEE might even make
more money this way...

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