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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-07 06:31:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Martin Krischik Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language) Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:23:38 +0200 Organization: AdaCL Message-ID: <1227943.iezrFmbaBr@linux1.krischik.com> References: <20040206174017.7E84F4C4114@lovelace.ada-france.org> <54759e7e.0402071124.322ea376@posting.google.com> <406EB6D2.8030801@noplace.com> <87d66pyw1g.fsf@insalien.org> <406EEC35.7040109@noplace.com> <874qs0zvy1.fsf@insalien.org> <40714C98.90601@noplace.com> <1073gv22t969q5a@corp.supernews.com> <40729B9D.30906@noplace.com> <1076000ef5oj06f@corp.supernews.com> Reply-To: krischik@users.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1081344644 05 22920 0cIqGsaLBlcKBeb 040407 13:30:44 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@t-online.de X-ID: S9caA+ZvgeCXjnT0k-18sLD7b3E9GX2Vkda+eoS0yrvPkRSlZqlB8w User-Agent: KNode/0.7.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6809 Date: 2004-04-07T15:23:38+02:00 List-Id: David Starner wrote: > On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:07:36 -0500, Randy Brukardt wrote: > >> Bullpucky. *Ada* (not some company or implementation) is a >> general-purpose programming language. Nothing more and nothing less. > > Let's say I want to write a dict server - RFC 2229. I can go with C, and > get POSIX-standardized networking code, but a ill-defined, clumsy system > for handling international text that may or may not support UTF-8. I could > go with Perl or Python or Java and get networking code and strong support > for UTF-8 in the basic package. > > Or I could go with Ada. There's no standard networking code, and no way > to input UTF-8 - I can't even input it into the basic character type and > process it, not and stay within the standard. (Of course, that's what > everyone does.) Worse yet, there's no standard or even existing libraries > (IIRC) that will normalize Unicode text or sort it in a language dependent > manner. XML/Ada has complete Unicode support. I am using it for AdaCL.CGI. The problem is, as somebody allready pointed out, that you have to collect half a dozend Libs before Ada becomes usefull. What needed is a Unified Ada Library which does not need to provide anything new - only put the different parts together for a "one click download". With Regards Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net http://www.ada.krischik.com