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From: Tero Koskinen <tero.koskinen@iki.fi>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Your wish list for Ada 202X
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:13:47 +0300
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Date: 2014-04-29T20:13:47+03:00
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29.4.2014 20:10, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2014-04-29, Tero Koskinen <tero.koskinen@iki.fi> wrote:
>>
>> 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).
>>
>
> That is simply not possible.
>
> Your list above includes different architectures (ARM and x86) with
> totally different instruction sets.

I meant a separate ABI for each platform. But for example, all
Ada compilers targeting 32-bit ARM Linux should implement same ABI.

In theory it should be relatively easy to say "all must use same ABI
as gnat 4.9 currently uses".

>
> Simon.
>

Yours,
  Tero