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: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-01 11:26:05 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: <3BE1A1D5.A1DC08AE@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: why not References: <3BC5D730.DA950CC7@boeing.com> <9q4pa7$1ad$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BC6ACC8.23EF21BC@free.fr> <3BC71F54.1FFE78FA@boeing.com> <1KGx7.26476$ev2.35117@www.newsranger.com> <3BC7AD82.2A0CCCD4@acm.org> <9qhiqr$af0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <1nDC7.180$6S7.92255364@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com> <9rjsak$bp3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9rmhb9$o1b$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BDEF0FE.B55FED9E@san.rr.com> <9rmuqi$es$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BDF1F13.4B99361C@san.rr.com> <9rnbtv$5i4$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BE03E54.57E0E6C8@san.rr.com> <3BE05304.5AB6862D@san.rr.com> <9rpqfr$duh$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:26:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1004642787 66.75.151.160 (Thu, 01 Nov 2001 11:26:27 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 11:26:27 PST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15571 Date: 2001-11-01T19:26:27+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > Of course I don't believe it has to be part of the ARM at all. I think it > would be just as useful and acceptable if there *was* an implementation that > was commonly included with most compilers. Maybe it should be driven by the > grass roots and maybe it should be driven by the vendors, but I don't think > it needs to start with the ARM. What I'm not clear on, being an Ada newbie, is why it needs anything more than this. That is, shouldn't something like a data type library be exceedingly portable? Shouldn't one be able to write something like a red-black tree in pure Ada without relying on anything compiler-specific? I'm not sure why GNAT's regexp, for example, needs the GNAT compiler. I haven't looked into it at all, but I can't imagine what could possibly be in there, given that it's basically manipulation of arrays of characters, yes? So what am I missing? Why would a doubly-linked list need to come with a compiler? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. Sore feet from standing in line at airport security checkpoints: Jet Leg.