Re: ARG asks Ada Community for API Proposals.

[Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>]

Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Ada. The ARG has begun work on the next revision of Ada, planned for
> 2005. As part of this revision, there has been a lot of interest in the
> Ada community for the standardization of reusable components and APIs to
> existing services.

...

> The ARG will evaluate these proposals using a variety of criteria. For a
> more detailed version of this announcement, including a (partial) list
> of evaluation criteria, please see
> http://www.adaic.org/news/call4apis.html.


I notice from the website that the critera seem to be stilted towards 
existing libraries like Booch. Anything from the Grace project would 
have trouble competing due to two factors:

    1) Its new. The critera prefer stuff that's been used for a while.

    2) Functionality. Grace has as a goal to try to balance power-user 
functionality with beginner (eg: CS1 and 2) ease-of-use. The critera 
appear to select only for functionality.


Not that I have a big problem with this. I've said all along I'd prefer 
to see Booch in the standard. :-)