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: 103376,92640d662fc31a03 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-10 12:56:27 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Beard, Frank" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: howto make system calls (newbie question) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:54:28 -0400 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 989524586 25366 137.194.161.2 (10 May 2001 19:56:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 19:56:26 +0000 (UTC) To: "'comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org'" Return-Path: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.3 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7499 Date: 2001-05-10T15:54:28-04:00 -----Original Message----- From: Pascal Obry [mailto:p.obry@wanadoo.fr] >> is NO, at least not yet. Even Pascal Obry's effort is not 100% complete. > Note that it was not the goal anyway. I wasn't trying to imply that was the goal. I simply meant that, despite the fact your binding is the most complete, not even it had everything. > I have built up a binding just to have > the most common features (working with the environment and launching external > program) and only the ones I needed for a project to achieve portability > between UNIX and Windows. And this has proved to be successful, I use Florist > under Linux and my binding under Win32. I have large distributed application > (yes using GLADE) that I have ported from Windows to Linux (that's the trend > here) without changing a single line :) Only one feature was not working. My > project was send e-mail by launching an NT program... To solve this I have > done an SMTP library that I do distribute too... see my homepage. > > In anycase, some POSIX features will be hard to do under Win32 or you'll need > to build a shared library. > > Pascal. I didn't mean to undermine your POSIX binding, or be demeaning in any way. Your binding is an excellent product, and I'm sure there are many grateful recipients out there. I know I am one of them, because I borrowed some of the pieces from yours to incorporated into mine. My comment was meant as a response to "It's already in POSIX. Why bother adding it to the Ada standard?". It had no bearing on the quality or purpose of your binding. Frank