RE: Seeking advice

["Beard, Frank Randolph CIV" <frank.beard@navy.mil>]

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From: Marin David Condic

> Besides, it would seem that we've been getting increased traffic on this
> newsgroup over time so maybe Ada is on an upswing?

Someone posted a link to an article on language usage some time back.  It
had Ada increasing from 4% to either 12% or 16%.  One of the largest, if
not the largest, percent increase of any language.

Ada may not have the largest piece of the market, but it's still a significant
increase.

> If there is a need for more sophisticated graphics, Ada should be able to
> bind to most commercial libraries that are out there. Its possible
> commercial vendors may have bindings already built. That's kind of a lousy
> answer because the interface may be very unnatural for Ada and it creates
> more work and means you're always lagging behind with new releases of the
> library. If you get enough advantages from Ada on the rest of the app, it
> may be worth biting the bullet on the graphics library.

PHIGS Ada binding.

http://archive.adaic.com/tools/bindings/PHIG/PHIG.txt

http://www.itl.nist.gov/iaui/vvrg/cugini/pvt/hy-std.html

http://digilander.libero.it/fbradasc/OPEN_PHIGS.html

Surely, it's still around.

Frank