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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,da628a7f8aa21693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-10 11:01:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!oleane.net!oleane!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Beard, Frank Randolph CIV" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Seeking advice Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:01:21 -0500 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: Reply-To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1044903702 58015 137.194.161.2 (10 Feb 2003 19:01:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:01:42 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" Return-Path: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Seeking advice Thread-Index: AcLRLKdVgsMx1UaDQmeBSBeZj5/8TAACd5Cw X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Feb 2003 19:01:21.0277 (UTC) FILETIME=[CCB6DAD0:01C2D136] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.1 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33968 Date: 2003-02-10T14:01:21-05:00 -----Original Message----- 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