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,fdc68dbaaef5fbc9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-07 13:15:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!feed-maxim.newsfeeds.com!feed.uncensored-news.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Andrew Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: graphics in ada Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 15:15:22 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <36Fgb.8998$QH3.993@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net> In-Reply-To: <36Fgb.8998$QH3.993@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:397 Date: 2003-10-07T15:15:22-05:00 List-Id: chris wrote: > Andrew wrote: > >> When I was taking ada cources in college (Ada88 if i remember >> correctly) my professor said that graphics were not possible in Ada. >> Has this changed? If so to what degree? >> Can I create a program, in ada, that will open a window have the >> backround be black, and have it draw a maze where the walls of the >> maze are just thin blue lines (2 or 3 pixels thick) .. obviously >> nothing fancy or 3d generated.. >> is this possible in ada? > > > OpenGL good enough for you? adaopengl.sf.net ;) > > There's also adagraph and jewl for windows. GWindows supports drawing > too, and maybe Claw. Gtkada supports drawing on Linux & windows (general > Unices?). > > Oh and there's a 3d engine by someone somewhere (forget name sorry :( ). > I think it's DOS/Allegro based but I can't remember! > thank you I think I'll go with GTkada .. that way I have support in linux and windwos and *g* I think gtkada is already loaded on my redhat 9 comp.