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-Thread: 103376,af990adf138f3f1c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.71.34.3!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Porting DEC Ada Startlet to Windows Date: 28 Feb 2006 22:55:34 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <1141181671.910678.65140@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1141188889 5798 192.135.80.34 (1 Mar 2006 04:54:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 04:54:49 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3217 Date: 2006-02-28T22:55:34-06:00 List-Id: In article <1141181671.910678.65140@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>, "stuart clark" writes: > I have some old Universal Ada Test Language code that was written for > DEC Ada. Of course it is riddled with calls to Starlet. > > How do i even start to gut out calls to Starlet and replace them with > calls to Windows system calls. > > Please note i have NEVEr written a line of Ada code on Windows so i am > a complete newbie!!! Starlet is the set of VMS system services. You will have to rewrite your software to match the Windows operating system. Good luck with ASTs. You might be better off to run a VAX emulator on your Windows machine.