Ada Programming/Platform/POSIX
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POSIX.5 is an IEEE (IEEE Standard 1003.5b-1996) and ISO (ISO/IEC 14519:2001) standard defining an Ada interface to the POSIX system calls.
The scope for the standard is the same than in POSIX.1 (C API) but defines a thick binding for the interface thus benefiting from Ada features. Some functionality provided by POSIX.1, but already present in Ada, is skipped. The ISO standard is currently being revised [1] [2].
There exists an open-source implementation for GNAT called Florist (Florida State University/Forest) originally written by the Florida State University and eventually maintained by AdaCore.
An incomplete implementation for Windows and GNAT is called Win32POSIX.
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[edit] Florist links
- Author
- Florida State University
- Homepage
- http://gnat-florist.sourceforge.net
- Project Info
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnat-florist
- SVN Archive
- http://gnat-florist.svn.sourceforge.net/gnat-florist/
- Download
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnat-florist/download
[edit] Win32POSIX links
- Author
- Pascal Obry
- Homepage
- http://perso.orange.fr/pascal.obry/w32posix.html
- Project Info
- See homepage.
- Download
- http://perso.orange.fr/pascal.obry/archive/win32posix.tar.gz
[edit] POSIX.5 links
[edit] Standards
[edit] Tutorial
- POSIX in Ada — Appendix to “Understanding Unix/Linux Programming”. Includes complete examples.

