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: 103376,4f316de357ae35e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-05 09:02:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D4EA1A9.802392DA@san.rr.com> From: Darren New 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: FAQ and string functions References: <20020730093206.A8550@videoproject.kiev.ua> <4519e058.0207300548.15eeb65c@posting.google.com> <20020731104643.C1083@videoproject.kiev.ua> <4519e058.0208010629.5e6182ca@posting.google.com> <20020801194720.Q1080@videoproject.kiev.ua> <4519e058.0208020605.5ab7e092@posting.google.com> <3D4AAF63.72782659@san.rr.com> <3D4B2382.7030209@telepath.com> <3D4B2ACD.FDA29B9A@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 16:02:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.74.216.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1028563347 66.74.216.166 (Mon, 05 Aug 2002 09:02:27 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 09:02:27 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27710 Date: 2002-08-05T16:02:27+00:00 List-Id: Stephen Leake wrote: > Sounds like a good component for Grace. Yes. > Unless they all use Grace components. Yep. > That's the point; Perl has a > _standard_ library for doing unbounded arrays. Well, it actually *is* part of the language, not the library, but yes the point is that it's available everywhere Perl is. I don't worry too much the distinction between what's part of the language and what's part of the library available for no additional cost for every implementation of the language. :-) > I think we need to distinguish between the "language" and the > "library". I realize languages like Perl and Java deliberately try to > confuse the two, but we don't have to buy into that. That might be worthwhile, but why? I think as long as there's a good quality library freely available that's sufficiently good and well-known and widely used that nobody hesitates to use its types in their own work, that's sufficient. But arguing over whether Ada.Strings.Unbounded is part of the language or part of the library seems unproductive. :-) If it were in Grace, that would be great. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** They looked up at me like I was a T-bone steak walking into an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.