Ada/Xt Architecture: Design Report for the Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems (STARS)

Abstract

This report provides a detailed description of the Ada/Xt toolkit architecture. The purpose of this report is to describe the Ada/Xt architecture in terms of system-independent package specifications, and to describe the analysis which contributed to major design decisions. The emphasis on system- independent package specifications rather than language independent specifications derives from recognition that the C language interfaces defined in the X Toolkit (Xt) Intrinsics definition are nearly sufficiently language independent -- for languages in the Algol tradition (including Ada). The Ada toolkit design verifies this claim, since there is a very close syntactic mapping of types and interfaces from the Ada specification to the C specification. (kr)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 25, 1990
Accession Number
ADA228827

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