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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-12 01:42:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!oleane.net!oleane!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!proxad.net!feeder2-1.proxad.net!news2-1.free.fr!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BC6ACC8.23EF21BC@free.fr> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:41:44 +0200 From: Jean-Marc Bourguet X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why not "standardize" the Booch Components? (was Re: is Ada dying?) References: <3BC30674.BA88AAB6@brighton.ac.uk> <9pvv3t$ves$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3BC5D730.DA950CC7@boeing.com> <9q4pa7$1ad$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Oct 2001 10:42:34 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.140.208.29 X-Trace: 1002876154 news2-1.free.fr 15685 158.140.208.29 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14366 Date: 2001-10-12T10:42:34+02:00 List-Id: Lutz Donnerhacke wrote: > OTOH most of programmers I spoke to do not like the fairly adaptable > libraries because they are confused by the huge amount of options. So the > recode there own libs, because they are faster to develop and verify them, > than understanding the library. Of course, that's just another instance of > the Not Invented Here Syndom, the most common open source disease. If redevelopping something else is quicker (especially when you include the verification as you do) than using a library, that's a sure sign that the library is not targetted to your problem, not an occurence of NIHS. You have this syndrom when you redevelop something and that takes more ressource than reusing something else. A+ -- Jean-Marc