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=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,CTE_8BIT_MISMATCH, FREEMAIL_FROM,HELO_NO_DOMAIN,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT,RDNS_NONE,SPOOFED_FREEMAIL_NO_RDNS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,95ff17b405e35269,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 14:32:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!oleane.net!oleane!teaser.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Gautier Write-only-address" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Kylix (delphi for Linux), a good Ada alternative for GUI application on Linu Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:30:57 +0000 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; format=flowed X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 996528756 97801 137.194.161.2 (30 Jul 2001 21:32:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:32:36 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: X-Originating-IP: [212.35.34.200] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jul 2001 21:30:57.0318 (UTC) FILETIME=[EB860460:01C1193E] Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 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: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10787 Date: 2001-07-30T21:30:57+00:00 > > I found Kylix (delphi for linux) to be very similar to Ada. > > It has units > > (like ada packages), >It completely ignores all elaboration issues, IIRC. Handling them is >up to the programmer, and there isn't any help from the language >implementation. Another important difference is that the "uses" clauses hide similar entries from the used units as they come; in Ada it becomes an ambiguity and the compiler requires to make the reference explicit. E.g. if you have a variable integer X in interface (spec.) of units A and B, "uses A,B" will have a completely different effect than "uses B,A". One could cite a lot of such quirks, but the main reason is that all features have been added to a tiny 16-bit compiler (Turbo Pascal) written in assembler and with a lot of limitations. Even for RAD I would not let the Object Pascal part of a project grow more than the strict minimum. ________________________________________ Gautier -- http://www.diax.ch/users/gdm/ NB: Do not answer to sender address, visit the Web site! Ne r�pondez pas � l'exp�diteur, visitez le site ouaibe! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp