Re: Rational Apex Ada - Pragma interface with C++

["John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com>]

Thank you for your input.  Unfortunately I don't have the Apex C++ compiler
installed.  Thanks.


"Marc A. Criley" <mcq95@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> John Smith wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to use pragma interface for interfacing C++
functions
> > to an Ada program.  I know how to do it with C, but can't seem to get it
to
> > work with C++.
>
> There are detailed instructions in the Apex documentation on how to do
> this,
> and they do work.
>
> The part that isn't mentioned, though, is that the C++ _must_ be
> compiled
> with Apex C++. Otherwise the run-time environments conflict, and the
> resulting executable runs unreliably, if at all, which was our
> experience.
> This rather significant restriction was stated by a Rational
> representative.
>
> Originally, the C++ code we had to link in was compiled with Sun's Forte
> C++, and we were fortunate that the nature of the code was highly
> algorithmic and portable, so compiling it with Apex C++ went quite
> smoothly.
>
> Marc A. Criley
> Quadrus Corporation
> www.quadruscorp.com