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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-18 14:29:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr17.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CBF3B4A.67AF0C7E@flash.net> From: Gary Scott Reply-To: scottg@flash.net Organization: Home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-DIAL (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CBAFFEE.2080708@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204171036.6f0a7394@posting.google.com> <3CBDD795.4060706@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204180800.44fac012@posting.google.com> <3CBF0341.8020406@mail.com> <4519e058.0204181251.415ff7f1@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.48.223.132 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr17.news.prodigy.com 1019165282 ST000 64.48.223.132 (Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:28:02 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:28:02 EDT X-UserInfo1: OPUUPIWCA[_S@UXXOZOTOQMAPJYRUVLHWY\Z]\YIBATBDTICYFW[QB[YHL\DHWWIDFCGZAZLUNYZ_J_A[NVC^PPFINVOIPXHDPX@BQ[@J\RJADL^GSF\X\W@@\BQJJFNB\ZMKHRLZY^MFKSSDL^GOIW^GSY@FRWHMQ[GPBGACCFLAQ@F\L@J\\LGY^TUAVBM Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:28:02 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22753 Date: 2002-04-18T21:28:02+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > Hyman Rosen wrote in message news:<3CBF0341.8020406@mail.com>... > > Ted Dennison wrote: > > > Since we mostly have a package worked out (at great pains) for lists, > > > hopefully they will concentrate on defining what other containers are > > > needed and how best to extend what we have. > > > > I was just reading somewhere (exactly where escapes me) of a recent > > survey done on C++ programmers who have started using the STL. There > > was some surprise to discover that the most used container was map. > > Apparently what happens is that once programmers have map available, > > they begin using it all over the place, replacing little local ad-hoc > > lookup structures such as linear searches through arrays. > > Maps would certianly be my prime candidate. My last project > incorporated the Booch Components just for the map support. It also > seemed to be the most talked about other component during the strawman > list discussions (although admittedly I was doing a lot of that > talking). Could someone please define a MAP. The only one I'm familiar with is the Fortran STRUCTURE/UNION/MAP storage association. > > -- > T.E.D. > Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) > Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html -- Gary Scott mailto:scottg@flash.net mailto:webmaster@fortranlib.com http://www.fortranlib.com Support the GNU Fortran G95 Project: http://g95.sourceforge.net