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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ab0f43f65938894d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Mike Silva Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Writing a Windows/Mac app in Ada Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 15:28:20 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <53e1de28-eeb4-431e-b27f-09b90fe6c74e@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.51.178.124 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1211063301 989 127.0.0.1 (17 May 2008 22:28:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 22:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.51.178.124; posting-account=QgO_5wkAAACZKtAvkb3f1VNDm9C58qLr User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:177 Date: 2008-05-17T15:28:20-07:00 List-Id: On May 17, 2:04=A0pm, Michael Feldman wrote: > Mike Silva wrote: > > I have a commercial application I have prototyped in C++ on Windows, > > and I am very tempted to write it fresh (as per Fred Brooks) in Ada at > > the same time I am extending it to Mac (OS X). =A0But I can only justify= > > this if the obstacles will be at a minium, whatever that might mean in > > practice. =A0This will be a business-flavored app with no multimedia but= > > with typical screen controls and lots of printing (with associated > > WYSIWYG on the screen). =A0So my questions are, what libraries/ > > frameworks would allow me to share the most code between Windows and > > Mac versions, and be easiest to pick up. > > > My other question is, please tell me everything I don't already know > > about such an undertaking. :-) =A0In all seriousness, any hints or tips > > on writing a multi-platform application would be greatly appreciated. > > > Mike > > You may or may not be aware of the listserv for people interested in > GNAT under Mac OS X. That list has about 200 members; I figure at least > some of them may also be developing for Windows. It wouldn't hurt to > subscribe to that list and post a query there. > > The URL to subscribe is > > http://hermes.gwu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dgnat-osx&A=3D1%22 > > Only subscribers may post. OTOH, non-subscribers may read the archives, at= > > http://hermes.gwu.edu/archives/gnat-osx.html > > Mike Feldman (list owner)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Many thanks for that info. It's amazing the things you learn when you ask. Mike