Re: Beginer problem: variable array size

["Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>]

Marin David Condic wrote:
...
> If the problem is one of "How do I get my job done..." then the answer is to
> get hold of one of the many spiffy Ada libraries out there that will provide
> dynamic data structures. If the question is "How come Ada doesn't have any
> standard dynamic data structure libraries that ship with every
> compiler???" - well, I've been asking that question here for some time now.
> :-)
...
> MDC

My observation that I would like to add here is that Ada programmers have
higher standards than C++ WRT their libraries. The C++ STL for example,
would (I assume) not cut it for many/most realtime systems because of
the amount of dynamic memory assignments that take place behind the
scenes in the STL routines (ignoring safety issues for the moment).

Whereas the Ada programmer wants a library (as a lofty goal) that can
be used both in the general purpose world and be useful in the
realtime world.  Based upon some of the posts I've seen over the last
year it might be more practical to fork two different libraries for
this reason (this has already been suggested I think). Yet, it would
be truly nice if they both had the same general signatures where
possible.

Bottom line: The C++ programmer likes to criticize the Ada world for
a lack of STL equivalent whereas this doesn't exist in Ada95 perhaps
because the Ada programmer is attempting to solve a more difficult
problem -- one that the C++ programmer often doesn't understand.

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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg