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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e0913d9062459cd5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s02.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeff C," Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9pMYc.102188$dP1.361584@newsc.telia.net> <1093901327.340424@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Subject: Re: Latest GNAT version X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.147.74.171 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s02 1093992723 24.147.74.171 (Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:52:03 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:52:03 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:52:03 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3232 Date: 2004-08-31T22:52:03+00:00 List-Id: "Pascal Obry" wrote in message news:ubrgrkxed.fsf@act-europe.fr... > > Hyman Rosen writes: > >> It occurs to me that if GPS were written in C++ and had these kinds >> of problems, you guys would eat it alive. > > And that's almost the case :) GPS is based on GtkAda, which is based on > GTK+ > which is written in C++! And yes most of the problems come from this layer > (at > least on Windows)... Font problems is one example. > > Pascal. > > -- Actually Gtk+ is written in C, not C++.