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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: Jon S Anthony Subject: Re: Porting Experiences (was Ada and Pascal etc ) Date: 1997/11/01 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 287274169 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <34566fe9.447229@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456b9f3.0@news.eznet.net> <3456e71b.3833189@news.mindspring.com> <3459AC95.1D75@dynamite.com.au> <63bhta$g2e@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <345BB35E.4488@dynamite.com.au> Distribution: world Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Alan E & Carmel J Brain writes: > Jon S Anthony wrote: > > > > Craig Franck writes: > > > > > Jon S Anthony wrote: > > > > > >That rings true as well. Typically porting Ada code between platforms > > > >or compilers amounts to a recompilation. > > > > > > Something like a Windows to Mac port? How platform specific was the > > > code? A recompilation port would be the ideal we all chase after. If > > > you have such great splatfrom tools, you should feel lucky. > > > > I've not had any need (or opportunity) to port to Mac. The code in > > question went between VMS (VAX&Alpha), Sparc Solaris, Sparc SunOS, > > HP-UX, Intel Win/NT and across three different compilers. > > > > One was about 60K lines with lots of generics and tasks. > > > > Another was around 200K lines with lots of (goofy use) of generics. > > > > No #ifdefs stuff anywhere in site. > > If that's C code you're talking about, I'm radically impressed. Of _course_ it's not C code, :-). Check the context again: It refers to Ada code. > If that's C++ code, then you're qualified to walk on water, or more > likely you're a purveyor of Tall Stories. Exactly. Actually, come to think of it, I don't even think being God would help much... > If that's Ada, then it's par for the course. It's Ada code as the context confirms. /Jon -- Jon Anthony Synquiry Technologies, Ltd., Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari