TASH: Tcl Ada SHell, an Ada/Tcl binding

ABSTRACT

A binding to Tcl from Ada is described. The goal of this binding is to make scripting language features, such as associative arrays, regular expression matching, and execution of OS commands available to an Ada programmer and to allow a Tcl programmer to use Ada in place of C where needed. This binding exploits several new features of Ada 95 that make interfacing to C much cleaner and more direct than Ada 83.

REFERENCES

• 1: Mitch Gart, Interfacing Ada to C — solutions to four problems, Proceedings of the conference on TRI-Ada '95: Ada's role in global markets: solutions for a changing complex world, p.28-34, November 05-10, 1995, Anaheim, California, United States [doi>10.1145/376503.376531]
• 2: John K. Ousterhout, Tcl and the Tk toolkit, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1994
• 3: 3. Arcadia Project, University of Colorado, http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/arcadia/ public_html/.
• 4: 4. Adatcl7.3, Arcadia Project, University of Colorado, http://www.cs.colorado.edu/-arcadia/ Software/adatcl.html.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      D.3.2 Language Classifications

          Nouns: Ada

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management
          Subjects: Software selection

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