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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: Al Christians Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/02/10 Message-ID: <36C1BC8C.253C6E6D@easystreet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 442867460 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <77ledn$eu7$1@remarQ.com> <77pnqc$cgi$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <8p64spq5lo5.fsf@Eng.Sun.COM> <77t3ld$nou$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79ce4s$lfq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79chc7$ko6@drn.newsguy.com> <79dodb$rhf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79fm3e$ffs$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79oj6d$eg8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79s23i$ena$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79s889$as4@drn.newsguy.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news6.ispnews.com 918665644 206.103.35.211 (Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:54:04 EDT) Organization: Trillium Resources Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:54:04 EDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java Date: 1999-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: mike wrote: > > For me, it does not really matter if the packages are part of > the standard language proper, or an extention, or part of > annex, or whatever you want to call it. The point is, as long as they > come in the same box that compiler comes in, I am, and millions and > millions of other Ada programmers will be happy. > I agree with mike. An important thing to remember is that reuse and quality are highly correlated. Aonix used to emphasize this as part of their sales pitch. As a component is widely and frequently reused, it accumulates trust. The NIH excuse is not so viable when the standard development environment comes with the desired function builtin and in wide usage. It should include everything that will be used often enough to actually deserve that trust. Al