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Writing an Operating System in Ada
I was wondering if there would be any interest in coding up an OS in Ada. I don't mean taking an existing codebase and rewriting/converting it to Ada, but implementing it from the ground up. It's been a bit of a "for later" project for me to write an OS, although I did begin to write one in Turbo Pascal which got t... 19 Jan 2010 16:54

GNAT requires body of generic unit to be present at build?
A discussion arose in #ada on irc.freenode.net about GNAT requiring the body of a generic unit to be present when compiling code that uses the generic. A quote from the Ada 95 issues: {AI95-00077-01} {AI95-00114-01} {extensions to Ada 83} Ada 83 allowed implementations to require that the body of a generic uni... 10 Jan 2010 09:38

Generic 'access-to-subprogram' formal
Hello. I'm attempting to write a generic wrapper around a C function that acts similarly to dlopen(). What's the correct way to specify that a generic takes an access-to-subprogram type as a formal parameter? ... 9 Jan 2010 14:04

Direct control of NXT mindstorms
Hi people, I'm studying the options for Ada direct control of a NXT brick from an external computer using the USB connection (as opposed to flashing a new firmware, which is the way that GNAT for Mindstorms does). After looking for what's available out there I've come to the following options: a) Pure Ada l... 8 Jan 2010 13:54

What is a student?
I suppose in a sense I am a student of Ada, in that I am just starting with the language. On the other hand, I'm not paying anyone to teach it to me, and the only test that I have to pass is the one that I set for myself: does my software produce the results that I am seeking? I hope that ... 7 Jan 2010 14:39

Problem with QTAda 3.0 and QTCore4.dll on Windows
Hi, I need a bit of help. I'm trying to use QTAda on a Windows 7 with GNAt GPL 2009, but there seems to be a problem linking with QTCore4.dll, I get a message saying: The procedure entry point _Z11qt_assert_xPKcS0_i could not be located in the dynamic link library QtCore4.dll I'm using GNAT GPL 2009 and QTa... 8 Jan 2010 04:59

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gdb hijacks my argument list
Hi, Has anyone else seen this problem with gdb? I had originally posted it to bug-gdb(a)gnu.org, but got no useful response. Original post: I'm writing a package that accepts arbitrary character strings from the command line, and I'm trying to debug it with gdb. When run without gdb the comm... 6 Jan 2010 08:30

Package Asis.Clauses : a tiny error in comments
If someone here is involved in the ASIS specification, there is a tiny error in the package specification Asis.Clauses. The documentary comments on function Clause_Names says : -- Appropriate Element_Kinds: -- A_Use_Package_Clause -- A_Use_Type_Clause -- A_With_Clause This should... 6 Jan 2010 08:30

Asis.Ada_Environments.Associate (..., Parameters => ...);
Query to ASIS users : The “ Asis Asis.Ada_Environments ” specification file does not document the “ Parameters ” argument. Searching the web about it, I've found a documentation called “ ASIS for GNAT ”, here : http://www.gnu-darwin.org/www001/src/ports/devel/asis/work/asis-3.15p-src/documentation/asis_rm.txt ... 6 Jan 2010 08:30