Re: New to ada, a few questions

["akhar" <akhar@videotron.ca>]

> * Ada provides calling conventions and several useful conversions
>    for calling functions compiled in C. You cannot use stdio.h in Ada.
>    Ada does not understand C source syntax, and Ada has no standard
>    preprocessor.
this means I have to link to  a DLL ?

> * Interfacing with C++ or objective C is possible. The simplest way
>    is to treat them both as C programs. More complex approaches are
>    somewhat compiler specific.
same thing here?

> * Ada is available for embedded systems, but not for 8 bit
microcontrollers.
where ca I get more info on this?

> * Ada "threading" works very well. It is actually defined in the more
>    general terms of concurrent programming, and is often implemented
>    using threads. Compared to Java, Ada's concurrency model is extremely
>    robust and sophisticated.
Tell me more about concurrent programming, how does it interface to the OS
threading model. I read this is the main reason it is used for realtime
applications , but cannot find any tutorials.

> I hope you have pleasant experiences learning Ada.
Me too

> Jim Rogers
>

Sephane