From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 13 Oct 92 12:37:41 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!vela!wsu-cs!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!linus!linus.mit re.org!texas!jclander@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Julian C. Lander) Subject: Re: Booch Components Message-ID: <1992Oct13.123741.29306@linus.mitre.org> List-Id: The Boch Components are distributed in source form (at least the ones I worked with were). I've used them before, and they're a great time- saver. The way to think about whether they're worth it for you are to figure out how many of the packages described in Booch's book (Software Components in Ada, or something like that, I don't have a copy here) you would use. The distributed components are just the code in the book, in all varieties (there's a list in an appendix.) You could code them up yourself if you needed to. So is it cheaper to code or buy? The Booch components are also pretty much bug-free (I don't remember problems, but I might have forgotten or missed some.) Another good thing about them is that you find yourself choosing the components that best suit the problem, not just trying to re-use the ones you already wrote. (This assumes, of course, that there are Booch components that match your problem.) Julian C. Lander jclander@mitre.org (Standard disclaimer goes here.)