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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-01 13:36:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!news.algonet.se!algonet!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 20:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1022963780 21657 129.241.83.82 (1 Jun 2002 20:36:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 20:36:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25176 Date: 2002-06-01T20:36:20+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:48:03 -0700, Robert C. Leif wrote: > This is a question of strategic marketing NOT technology. Ada could > probably implement and improve upon most of XML; however, this is NOT > going to happen. Because of market pressures, we have had to interface > to Windows. A totally Ada solution would have been possible; but did not > happen. In fact, the easiest way to work with Windows is R&R CLAW, > because CLAW has the great virtue of being a thick binding, which hides > Windows. Alternatively when GtkAda 2.0 comes (I mean when there are working binaries for Windows and Linux) it would be even easier to work with against Windows as you can do the development on Linux ;-) As for XML and GUI, check: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/libglade/libglade-notes.html#LIBGLADE-BASICS and http://libre.act-europe.fr/GtkAda/docs/gtkada_rm_30.html Is this what you are looking for? Preben