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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8eff44ec1bcf8433 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-15 10:46:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BCB210B.760CD215@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Container reqs References: <9qctpn$lil$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3nCy7.29644$ev2.35903@www.newsranger.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:47:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1003168029 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:47:09 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:47:09 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14557 Date: 2001-10-15T17:47:09+00:00 List-Id: > I would not be in favor of "dumbing down" the library so that beginners can pick > it up quickly. Making it easy to use properly should be a goal, but not the > primary overriding one (as it is with any facility). I think if it's complicated to use, excellent documentation will be necessary. If it takes five instantiations to get a queue of maps mapping strings to string, a good piece of documentation putting in the "magic incantation" for the beginner will be extremely helpful. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Who is this Dr. Ibid anyway, and how does he know so much?