Ada on the Iris

[Dave Ciemiewicz]

In article <8912081702.AA02216 at elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov>,
rashkin at ELXSI.DFRF.NASA.GOV writes:
> We are looking at personal iris' for a front end to our Gould simulation
> computers.  They also need to serve as our software development platform.
> We will have a Sun Sparcserver as our fileserver with Sparcstations
> on the network as well.  One requirement of the simulation is that our
> computers run Ada.  Specifically, Ada that can be linked with Fortran.
> Any input on Ada on the Iris would be greatly appreciated.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Susan Rashkin
> Nasa Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility
> Edwards, Ca.
> 805-274-2581
> rashkin at elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov

The Silicon Graphics Ada code can be linked with FORTRAN, C, C++, and Pascal
code on the 4D (Personal Iris).  The SGI Ada compiler also has a supported
interface to the Graphics Library (GL).

NFS is also supported (as an option) and should work well within your
heterogeneous environment.

						--- Ciemo