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: a07f3367d7,6ca5f0d94d4c145 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.190.251.MISMATCH!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!newsfeed.yul.equant.net!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Distributed Computing in Ada Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:28:47 -0400 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <7f8194ed-26d1-4a38-841b-6cb910b10ce4@j9g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <7ea2b1c2-a011-456e-9ec2-10c4ab75ee05@r38g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls6.std.com 1251386927 5982 192.74.137.71 (27 Aug 2009 15:28:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:28:47 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (irix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:oU1PdPCxK7g2sg3q6V0WG6PwgPU= Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8020 Date: 2009-08-27T11:28:47-04:00 List-Id: Gene 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