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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-26 15:06:45 PST From: rc211v Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Wish List : Ada95 to FOX Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 00:06:41 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5ee5b646.0204121930.64733eeb@posting.google.com> <5wTt8.15598$C21.3515342@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <5ee5b646.0204130620.114953ae@posting.google.com> <4519e058.0204180615.150e4bef@posting.google.com> <357f0f4aab2ac8ef39234c96f0ab6311.48257@mygate.mailgate.org> <3CC5997E.4040904@home.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: slip32-106-75-57.spt.fr.prserv.net X-Trace: 26 Apr 2002 23:18:00 GMT, slip32-106-75-57.spt.fr.prserv.net Organization: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!nntp.abs.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!newsfeed2.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news2.prserv.net!slip32-106-75-57.spt.fr.prserv.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23157 Date: 2002-04-27T00:06:41+02:00 List-Id: On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:27:27 GMT, "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote: >that Qt did. It would be reeeeaaal nice (hint) to have an Ada95 >binding to this. I havn't looked at it in detail, so I don't know >how practical this is (written in C++). > >I think FOX might permit this type of a binding to be accomplished. > >I also like the fact that FOX is designed to permit dynamic >messaging between widgets. Qt and MFC for example, are fixed at >compile time by MOC/macros AFAI know. I'm glad that you looked at it. I'm not a real programmer nor an expert in the gui domain but i downloaded the library and some examples in source code form. Under MSVC++, everything compiled without a single problem in less than five minutes on my laptop (a thinkpad 600x running XP). The calculator demo is compiled in a few seconds. When you start the demo, it loads instantly, faster than a native Windows application! >From what i've seen, the approach promoted by it's designer (Write Once, Compile Anywhere) seems valid and very efficient in terms of speed and hardware ressources. As a regular reader of this ng i posted this after someone talked about the strength of ADA in terms of portability. A binding with this library would just enhance this portability in the Gui area. Cordially