From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4f316de357ae35e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-31 18:09:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!prodigy.*.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: FAQ and string functions References: <3D487CDA.24D9B1AE@san.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <0S%19.36323$b02.147910913@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.118.0.162 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1028164092 ST000 67.118.0.162 (Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:08:12 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:08:12 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: [[PAPDONAJUMB_LY@BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^BSZUSAANVUEAE[YETZPIWWI[FCIZA^NBFXZ_D[BFNTCNVPDTNTKHWXKB@X^B_OCJLPZ@ET_O[G\XSG@E\G[ZKVLBL^CJINM@I_KVIOR\T_M_AW_M[_BWU_HFA_]@A_A^SGFAUDE_DFTMQPFWVW[QPJN Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 01:08:12 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27551 Date: 2002-08-01T01:08:12+00:00 List-Id: > If you're writing a long-lived application, the time it takes to write the > string-fiddling subroutines (once) is minor. If you've been using the language for years you've built yourself a private library of such things. If you're new to the language (or the language is new to the world) then you depend on its library or spend time writing your own routines.