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=0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_24_48, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,d8e3cd3d8dbaa4fb X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.224.180.205 with SMTP id bv13mr1323052qab.8.1343313214460; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.89.161 with SMTP id bp1mr1612491pab.33.1343313122736; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:32:02 -0700 (PDT) Path: a15ni113198934qag.0!nntp.google.com!q21no448017qas.0!news-out.google.com!b9ni64770052pbl.0!nntp.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.swapon.de!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Vasiliy Molostov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada "library only" compiler ? Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:33:40 +0400 Organization: None Message-ID: References: <2879c45e-f8e0-4434-9f82-968c585a4539@googlegroups.com> <87mx2ucags.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <500AA31F.8060004@obry.net> <500ed251$0$6189$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <500f1412$0$6203$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: Xw13RWgh8yxgPSv0x3+H9w.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.00 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: 2012-07-25T10:33:40+04:00 List-Id: Pascal Obry =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB(=D0=B0) =D0= =B2 =D1=81=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=91=D0=BC =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=8C=D0=BC=D0=B5 = Wed, 25 Jul 2012 = 01:30:58 +0400: > Vasiliy, > >> Perhaps I am out of the subject, but these are definitely different >> things. Interfacing to any Win32 DLL is much simpler (since there are= >> only linkable objects and clearly specified data structures), > > I'm probably living in another land then. The above does not makes sen= se > at all to me. There is no clearly specified data structures or whateve= r. > A DLL is a container. To use it one need to interface to it, from Ada,= > from C, from Pascal, from Python... And for this you need to have a > stable and clear API which has nothing to do with DLL. If the difference is not clear to you, it can not mean that it = non-existent at all. Probably the logic is still the same in that anothe= r = land, is not? -- = =D0=9D=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE =D0=B2 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D1=87= =D1=82=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=BE=D0=BC =D0=BA=D0=BB=D0=B8=D0=B5=D0=BD=D1=82=D0=B5= =D0=B1=D1=80=D0=B0=D1=83=D0=B7=D0=B5=D1=80=D0=B0 Opera: http://www.oper= a.com/mail/