Re: Distributed Computing in Ada

[Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>]

Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> writes:

> Ada anticipated the need for distributed computing support in its
> original design.  See ALRM Annex E.

Well, not exactly the "original" design -- Annex E was not present in
Ada 83, and was added in Ada 95.

>...PolyORB, which has been
> mentioned, is one implementation.

Yes, PolyORB implements the Annex E Distributed Systems stuff.
It also implements CORBA, SOAP, and a bunch of other protocols,
making it feasible to have Ada programs talking to non-Ada
programs across the net.

- Bob