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: 2002-08-13 18:45:08 PST Path: archiver1.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: <3D59B62F.CB30AA51@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> <3D4B401E.3060802@telepath.com> <3D4B4477.500088B@san.rr.com> <3D4EA1AC.80D17170@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:45:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.148.61 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1029289508 66.75.148.61 (Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:45:08 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:45:08 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28002 Date: 2002-08-14T01:45:08+00:00 List-Id: Randy Brukardt wrote: > I think your missing the Ada philosophy that something expensive should > look expensive. An unbounded array (as you put it) is going to be > expensive, and that expensive shouldn't be covered up in glossy syntax. So you feel that including Ada.Strings.Unbounded as a standard part of the language was unwise? That everyone should rewrite that library so everyone knows how difficult and inefficient it is? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Humility? Why would I need to show some humility?