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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Non-G++ Programming Hints ...
From:       Erik Sigra <sigra () home ! se>
Date:       2002-02-25 16:33:57
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måndagen den 25 februari 2002 16.59 skrev Neil Stevens:
> On Monday February 25, 2002 07:54, Erik Sigra wrote:
> > Yes, of course it is wrong to assume that freedom means no cost, but the
> > problem with the C++ standard is that it is (to my knowledge) not free.
> > I can't share it with my neighbour, even if I buy it and pay for it, for
> > example.
>
> Well, since you changed the subject I'll run with it, and pull it back on
> topic at the same time.
>
> So what language are you planning to port kdelibs to, since you don't like
> C++?

I mentioned Ada in a sidebranch of this thread. Porting kdelibs to Ada 
depends on a few other projects, as well as at least a handful of 
participants. The other projects are:

* GNAT (the compiler); I have heard that it will be integrated in the GNU
  Compiler Collection from version 3.1. When that has matured and reached the
  distributions, we can expect users to be able to compile Ada code, like we
  now can expect them to be able to compile C and C++ code. (www.gnat.com)

* XMLAda (XML library); Seems to be making steady progress.
 (http://libre.act-europe.fr/xmlada)

* Adadoc (documentation generation); In a very early stage. Source code
  commented in french. Seems to get some interest and attention.
  (http://sourceforge.net/projects/adadoc)

* QtAda; The poor developer has been alone with this piece for 1.5 years now.
  He has apparently given up because of lack of interest from others. Maybe
  he would get motivated again if he got some help. This project is the big
  bottleneck. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtada)


> I think an implementation of kdelibs in a language like Ruby would be very
> nice to have, and someone as motivated as you are could be quite
> productive in creating such an implementation.  Are you interested?

Sorry, I don't know Ruby. I would be more productive and motivated if I could 
write KDE programs in Ada instead of C++.
 
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