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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9e2f60618cf3eaa8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-21 21:50:04 PST From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Distributed Ada (Annex E) Organization: RMIT References: <3DB479E6.1725E12C@lmco.nospammmmmm.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:47:40 +1000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dale-ltc.cs.rmit.edu.au X-Trace: itsawnews.its.rmit.edu.au 1035262090 dale-ltc.cs.rmit.edu.au (22 Oct 2002 14:48:10 +1000) Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!vrn.edu.au!131.170.8.40.MISMATCH!itsawnews.its.rmit.edu.au!dale Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30015 Date: 2002-10-22T14:47:40+10:00 List-Id: Joe Simon wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been working for many years on implementing distributed systems > for various uses. > Every one of them has had specialized data communications schemes worked > out for them. > I was just reading a paper on distributed systems utilizing Ada 95 and > Annex E, it said that the Ada distributed processing model made creating > distributed systems in Ada "Painless". > > I have Ada 95 and would like to evaluate for myself how "painless" it > is. When i get on the net > to search for information, I find references to software, such as > "Glade" from A.C.T, or "Adept" from Texas A & M. However, I can't seem > to find any literature that provides an "Ada distributed Systems for the > cluless". Is all I need to put together a small distributed system test > (the equivalent to "Hello World", but displayed on another node) is > GNAT, or do I need one of these other packages ? you need to install gnat and glade. Do you normal development in gnat, then a final (few?) compiles with glade, which distributes everything according to the distribution file. It really is painless. I had an assignment for first year students which used it for a distributed chat/multiroom system. Couldn't have been simpler. Dale