From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,60e2922351e0e780 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-18 18:53:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Re-Marketing Ada (was "With and use") X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:53:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.79.240 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1069210416 129.44.79.240 (Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:53:36 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:53:36 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2665 Date: 2003-11-19T02:53:36+00:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:HIAub.179311$mZ5.1275800@attbi_s54... > > > ... That direct translation from C++ to Ada is quite simple impossible. > > I read an article a few years ago concluding that it _is_ possible. > A couple of years ago I wrote a program to produce Ada from Windows > tlb files. Not only was the resulting code ugly, it was nearly unusable > with extensive documentation (which was not available) of what all those > function and their parameters were about. That's part of why I don't > think a thin binding generator is very useful. Well although yes it could generate thin bindings, it's not it's primary goal. I want it to translate C++ source code (even for applications) into Ada... -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com