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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,68c3e8a7414929f3 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Received: by 10.224.185.201 with SMTP id cp9mr15556470qab.6.1362328759971; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:39:19 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.58.167 with SMTP id s7mr1806582qeq.5.1362328759956; Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:39:19 -0800 (PST) Path: q17ni7qal.0!nntp.google.com!dd2no6771069qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 08:39:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2.230.82.82; posting-account=RAydgwoAAADLb7gHmJ1eBzKMAFUoNO64 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2.230.82.82 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <2e0253ac-b99b-4e4d-bbb9-bdf17f8359c4@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Why are Ada libraries so poor and disorganized? From: ferrariv65@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:39:19 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2013-03-03T08:39:19-08:00 List-Id: > It's possible that the fact that the page you found is disorganised has >=20 > prevented you from finding the gems. Of course there are gems, but (and this is precisely my point) it is all di= sorganized!! And just to clarify, my criticism was not at all directed towards the singl= e contributors who generously give us the code here and there. The actual c= omplaint was about the overall disarray in which the libraries, as a whole,= lie. You know, lack of coordination, with libraries scattered all over the= internet to the point that almost you don't even know of the existence of = a library unless you come across it by chance. One thing is the lack of uniformity across the styles of the contribution, = which is already bad enough, but much worse is the fact that you don't even= know whether a piece of code has already been written or not. And please, = don't tell me to use Google again, because you know how much a waste of tim= e using a search engine can be, especially when you don't have the exact ke= ywords to search for. I believe the first step towards a solution would be to make an updated lis= t of all the Ada libraries, with links and a brief description, just so we = know that a given piece of code is there! I am creating a parallel thread on this topic, so that each one of us can c= ontribute to creating this comprehensive list of Ada libraries. In that thread, please list any Ada library you know, with a brief descript= ion. Thanks