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: 103376,92640d662fc31a03 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-09 23:22:25 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: howto make system calls (newbie question) Date: 10 May 2001 08:18:51 +0200 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mix-velizy-106-4-11.abo.wanadoo.fr X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 989475744 29775 193.249.123.11 (10 May 2001 06:22:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 May 2001 06:22:24 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7432 Date: 2001-05-10T06:22:24+00:00 List-Id: "Beard, Frank" writes: > > Is the Posix binding going to just come with my > > compiler and I can go along fat, dumb and happy using it at will with no > > thought as to where to find it and no concern for transportability of my > > code? > > is NO, at least not yet. Even Pascal Obry's effort is not 100% complete. Note that it was not the goal anyway. I have built up a binding just to have the most common features (working with the environment and launching external program) and only the ones I needed for a project to achieve portability between UNIX and Windows. And this has proved to be successful, I use Florist under Linux and my binding under Win32. I have large distributed application (yes using GLADE) that I have ported from Windows to Linux (that's the trend here) without changing a single line :) Only one feature was not working. My project was send e-mail by launching an NT program... To solve this I have done an SMTP library that I do distribute too... see my homepage. In anycase, some POSIX features will be hard to do under Win32 or you'll need to build a shared library. Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination"