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: 10261c,cfbb90c56a313e70 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,cfbb90c56a313e70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-08-27 23:41:47 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!howland.erols.net!uninett.no!news.powertech.no!nntp.newmedia.no!newsfeed1.enitel.no!news.telia.no!not-for-mail Followup-To: comp.lang.ada Sender: ohk@gong2.clustra.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.pascal.misc Subject: Re: From extended Pascals to Ada 95 guide References: <8o3s2a$9ph$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8o4bfq$v0h$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net> <39A655BE.18E89020@maths.unine.ch> <39A668AB.26F88375@maths.unine.ch> <39A6ABD9.634308AA@earthlink.net> <8o7top$4sb@drn.newsguy.com> From: Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 06:41:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.204.160.194 X-Complaints-To: abuse@enitel.no X-Trace: news.telia.no 967444895 195.204.160.194 (Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:41:35 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:41:35 CEST Organization: Enitel Internet Public Access Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:350 comp.lang.pascal.misc:166 Date: 2000-08-28T06:41:35+00:00 List-Id: "David Botton" writes: > wrote in message > news:8o7top$4sb@drn.newsguy.com... > > I am not sure if it is > > an ISO or ANSI standard language though. > > It is not and its syntax and symantics change frequently between versions > (many times to the surprise of developers :-) > > > The nice thing about it, > > is that all those current Windows delphi application can now very easily > > be ported to Linux by using Kylix to compile the window delphi source > > code with Linux/Kylix. > > Provided the application doesn't use any OS specific bindings, ActiveX > controls, or any third party units. Also, given statements by Borland to not > expect 100% source code compatability don't expect the language to be 100% > compatable or even the GUI units. > > On the other hand, an application developed using Ada 95 and GtkAda is 100% > source code compatable between Linux and Windows versions. Using the POSIX > package for NT and Linux and you have cross platform on most of the OS > specific stuff. Of course you can use ActiveX controls only on the Windows > side (Using my thick Win32 framework, GWindows, you can easily add ActiveX > controls to GTKAda on Win32, see my example on the GWindows page at > http://www.adapower.com/gwindows) > > David Botton > > Interesting. But which POSIX interface implementation are you referring to? -- "Plus I remember being impressed with Ada because you could write an infinite loop without a faked up condition. The idea being that in Ada the typical infinite loop would normally be terminated by detonation." -Larry Wall Ole-Hj. Kristensen