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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a24:cf87:: with SMTP id y129-v6mr6015175itf.11.1524429294682; Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:34:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:2044:: with SMTP id n62-v6mr565694ota.4.1524429294081; Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!maths.tcd.ie!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!168.235.88.217.MISMATCH!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!k65-v6no2653793ita.0!news-out.google.com!15-v6ni3314itg.0!nntp.google.com!k65-v6no2653790ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 13:34:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a02:1206:45c6:8b20:3d1e:c1d:491b:72ac; posting-account=gRqrnQkAAAAC_02ynnhqGk1VRQlve6ZG NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a02:1206:45c6:8b20:3d1e:c1d:491b:72ac References: <1c73f159-eae4-4ae7-a348-03964b007197@googlegroups.com> <06a8980d-21bb-4067-b22d-7d1f89342948@googlegroups.com> <19c7a205-0a82-477b-9254-01af786f467e@googlegroups.com> <06adad02-803a-4dc7-b5d8-f9a5d8faa3ab@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to get Ada to ?cross the chasm?? From: gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com Injection-Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:34:54 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2751 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2603982637 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51673 Date: 2018-04-22T13:34:53-07:00 List-Id: Le vendredi 20 avril 2018 19:45:52 UTC+2, Dan'l Miller a =C3=A9crit : > > On Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11:32:22 AM UTC-5, gautier...@hotmail.com = wrote: >> > > There is an alternative to a thin win32 wrapper: GNAT FSF and GWindo= ws ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnavi/ ). >> > > Cost 0$. > >=20 > > Licensed under GPLv2. Website offers absolutely no non-GPL/nonviral li= cense for a license fee. > > Hence, licensed for use by only copylefted software. Actually GWindows is GMGPL (look at the code, the SF page is unaccurate on = this point). > > Does not support modern Microsoft era: WPF, WinRT =3D UWP, XAML, Windo= ws Store. That's a big advantage, at least regarding WPF. At the job we are reprogram= ming a legacy interface that was done with WPF 5 years ago and is desperate= ly slow despite lots of efforts, and the result (after 2 days of developmen= t) displays the same thing (actually much more) in 1 second when the WPF ve= rsion took 1 minute (so, a factor 60). The lesson: don't get fooled by Microsoft's marketing, especially on produc= ts that they don't use themselves!