Re: Libraries written in Ada

[Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>]

Thomas Lotze <thomas@thomas-lotze.de> wrote:
 
: And even though it is thus possible to have an Ada package which doesn't
: need a runtime environment,

While it is possible to write Ada programs that do not need a runtime
system, it is probably misleading to say that because there is a
pragma Pure, a package needs no runtime environment (whatever is meant
by the term).

: Sure, but I'd like to know what implications my choice of language has for
: using the library I want to write before I lean back and feel happy about
: leaving these details to the language.

A good place to look for an answer is the compiler documentation.
For GNAT, you will find sections about creating DLLs in Ada (and
shared libraries). In particular, there is "Binding with Non-Ada
Main Programs".
ObjectAda allows the creation of DLLs as well.



-- Georg Bauhaus