Re: Your wish list for Ada 202X

[Tero Koskinen <tero.koskinen@iki.fi>]

26.3.2014 23:06, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> Commenting here is precisely the problem. Most of the user contacts
> that the ARG has is third-hand at best. (Combating that is one of
> the reasons I hang out here.) We really don't have the clear of an
> idea of what other Ada users want. I know I draw on my own experience
> far more than probably is healthy.
>
> Moreover, we've been asking for years for users to show us the
> problems that they cannot solve with Ada (now Ada 2012), so that we
> can look at possible solutions.

Not sure have it been proposed anywhere, but a common ABI (application
binary interface) for the most popular platforms (32-bit ARM Linux,
64-bit x86_64/amd64 Linux, 32-bit i386 Windows, 64-bit x86_64/amd64
Windows) would be nice. This way I could use binary libraries generated
by one Ada compiler (version) with another Ada compiler (version)
without providing full sources (or recompilation).

Another thing is the lack of "modern" general purpose libraries for
net/www stuff, embedded devices, various algorithms/data structures,
etc. Those libraries won't necessarily need to be part of the standard.
It is enough if they are just somehow freely available without extra cost.

> Randy Brukardt, ARG Editor.

Yours,
  Tero