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- From: jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony)
- Subject: Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada
- In-Reply-To: kcline@sun132.spd.dsccc.com's message of 1 Apr 1996 17:20:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <JSA.96Apr3190821@organon.com>
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- Organization: Organon Motives, Inc.
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- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:08:21 GMT
-
- In article <4jp388$d56@tpd.dsccc.com> kcline@sun132.spd.dsccc.com (Kevin Cline) writes:
-
- > >> Well, that means that today's ObjectAda would not solve
- > >> my 1993 problem: writing a Motif application for SunOS 4.1.3,
- > >> Solaris, and SGI IRIX.
- > >
- > >Other than the GCC C compiler, what C compiler could do this now or in
- > >1993? None.
- >
- > As usual, you missed the point, Jon. Different Ada-83 compiler vendors
- > provided different bindings to key functionality like UNIX OS calls
- > and X/Motif. Of course these bindings were proprietary.
-
- OK, Kevin, please reread your own comment above. You claim that _ObjectAda_
- (a 1996 Ada95 product) would not be usable. You are now claiming that
- your "point" was about Ada83 and (even less relevant) various Ada83
- vendor proprietary bindings. Since you are unclear what your point
- is, it is not surprising that I "missed it".
-
-
- > >What your point is wrt to the situation today?
- >
- > 1. I wanted to know if there was something I should have done differently
-
- OK, so what about all the many posts prevented you from acknowledging
- any of the information presented on all 3 of your points????
-
-
- > >Since Ada95 _portably_ interfaces with C,
- > >thin bindings give you everything you get with C (or C++).
- >
- > There is some information I can use.
-
- Information that was stated many times. By several people.
- Information that you (conveniently?) just plain ignored over and over
- again.
-
-
- > >Jon Anthony
- > >Organon Motives, Inc.
- > >1 Williston Road, Suite 4
- > >Belmont, MA 02178
- >
- > With an attitude like Jon's, I would imagine this is a single-employee
- > organization.
-
- Wrong again. First, this is a rather rare case where your continual
- misleading pontifications became very frustrating and annoying. I confess
- to succumbing to this baiting. Second, while small, we are 7 in size.
-
- /Jon
- --
- Jon Anthony
- Organon Motives, Inc.
- 1 Williston Road, Suite 4
- Belmont, MA 02178
-
- 617.484.3383
- jsa@organon.com
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