From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: Using Ada (or SPARK) in Ada-unaware environment
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:05:06 GMT
Date: 2006-01-19T20:05:06+00:00 [thread overview]
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Peter Amey wrote:
> I think I would probably go for a third option! Use Ada's ability to
> interface to other languages to write an Ada boundary layer that
> interfaces to the C device drivers and provides a better and more
> abstract interface upwards to the rest of the program. Then write the
> main control program using the new, Ada interfaces.
This is similar to the approach that I would take, but I would create a
low-level interface to the C, which is reusable by multiple applications, and
layer on top of that an application-specific interface.
--
Jeff Carter
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and it'll be here before you go."
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-19 9:05 Using Ada (or SPARK) in Ada-unaware environment Maciej Sobczak
2006-01-19 10:16 ` Niklas Holsti
2006-01-19 10:21 ` Peter Amey
2006-01-19 20:05 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2006-01-20 5:08 ` tmoran
2006-01-19 15:00 ` Steve
2006-01-19 15:45 ` Maciej Sobczak
2006-01-19 20:26 ` Simon Wright
2006-01-20 0:50 ` John
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