Re: Libraries written in Ada

[Thomas Lotze <thomas@thomas-lotze.de>]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:25:08 +0000, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> While it is possible to write Ada programs that do not need a runtime
> system, it is probably misleading to say that because there is a pragma
> Pure, a package needs no runtime environment (whatever is meant by the
> term).

I didn't mean to say that; I do understand that in order to have a package
without a runtime environment, first of all the package's functionality
must not need one.

> A good place to look for an answer is the compiler documentation. For
> GNAT, you will find sections about creating DLLs in Ada (and shared
> libraries). In particular, there is "Binding with Non-Ada Main Programs".

That'll give me something to read... thanks for the hint.

> ObjectAda allows the creation of DLLs as well.

Is my impression correct that there's no free implementation of ObjectAda?

-- 
Viele Gr��e,
Thomas