ADA

ADA made me hate programming
When I first started my undergraduate studies as a computer science major, I was forced to use ADA in an introductory course.. Mind you I was already familiar with C++ at that time..but after dealing with ADA and compilet time errors for about a year, I decided to change my major to mech eng.. Now, after many ye... 8 Jul 2010 20:19

Unbounded String to string
Hi, I have an unbounded string from a database I want to turn into a 16 character subtype of string i.e. unbounded_string to string(1..16) I've been trying to do this most of the afternoon but keep getting errors anyone know how ? Thanks ... 1 Jul 2010 03:26

ANN: Strings Edit v2.5
The package Strings_Edit provides I/O facilities. The following I/O items are supported by the package: - Generic axis scales support; - Integer numbers (generic, package Integer_Edit); - Integer sub- and superscript numbers; - Floating-point numbers (generic, package Float_Edit); - Roman numbers (the type Roma... 1 Jul 2010 06:40

ANN: Tables 1.10
Tables are specialized maps with string keys. Additionally to normal map operations they support matching the longest key. This version adds experimental Fedoa and Debian packages. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de ... 27 Jun 2010 13:54

Gnat GPL 2010 available soon (conditional expressions)
On 6/26/10 11:42 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:04:10 -0700 (PDT), lekktu(a)gmail.com wrote: Well, it hasn't been hard to find the first bug. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function Validate (Dir : in String) return String is ... 7 Jul 2010 10:07

Ann: Generic Image Decoder v.01
Hello, I have the pleasure to announce the first release of the Generic Image Decoder. The Generic Image Decoder (GID) is an Ada package for decoding a broad variety of image formats, from any data stream, to any kind of medium, be it an in-memory bitmap, a GUI object, some other stream, arrays of floating-poin... 27 Jun 2010 21:35

Java methods invoking operations in the VDM models+ How to import in eclipse
Hi Guys, I would like to create a scenario script in Java and to define some methods which can invoke operations that have been developed already in an existing VDM models. There is a GUI interface (stands between the Scenario and the VDM models) that has been developed in order to present the information f... 25 Jun 2010 20:51

Using the Form parameter/-gnatW switch
On 6/25/10 4:08 AM, deadlyhead wrote: I've been messing around a bit with files of various encodings, and just recently I've become aware of the Form parameter to Open and Create and the -gnatW switch for handling character encoding. (Sometimes I think that Ada designers should, as part of their "engineeri... 26 Jun 2010 03:18

[GNAT-specific] Using the Form parameter/-gnatW switch
I've been messing around a bit with files of various encodings, and just recently I've become aware of the Form parameter to Open and Create and the -gnatW switch for handling character encoding. This is a pretty big deal to me. For a long time I've been a bit... frustrated? ... by the fact that the Ada standard... 24 Jun 2010 23:00

Installing GNAT GPL 2010 on Vista
Be advised: GNAT GPL 2010 did not install correctly for me on Windows Vista with User Account Control turned on. It raised a "cannot modify HKLM" error, and it did not install Start menu shortcuts or modify my path (so who knows what else it also didn't do...). Manually configuring these two items was insufficien... 30 Jun 2010 13:05