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Maciej Sobczak wrote:
> 
> What do you mean by "portable"? That it will compile and run
> everywhere? Or that it can be linked with a run-time library prepared
> for each target platform?

As I thought was clear, I mean taking Ada source code and translating it into 
C++ source code that can be compiled and run on "any mainstream operating 
system". I was not talking about building a custom library, nor requiring the 
presence on the target of any library not supplied by the OS.

> Hint: POSIX seems to be a commonly understood target for developing
> portable concurrent systems.

Problem 1: There are mainstream operating systems other than POSIX.

Problem 2: This would not be an Ada-to-C++ translator, but an 
Ada-to-C++-and-Posix translator.

> Hint2: Whatever was possible for C can be reused for C++ by inclusion.

Problem 1: This would not be an Ada-to-C++ translator, but an 
Ada-to-C++-and-custom-library translator.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system,
and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
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