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: 103376,88ed72d98e6b3457 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-07 06:05:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F82BA0B.7000906@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? References: <3F803278.1020507@noplace.com> <3F81700B.1050701@noplace.com> <3F81FFC6.1060906@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:05:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.24.197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1065531932 209.165.24.197 (Tue, 07 Oct 2003 06:05:32 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 06:05:32 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:372 Date: 2003-10-07T13:05:32+00:00 List-Id: That depends on who it is that declares "This Is The Conventional Ada Library". In my mind, that's got to include the endorsement of the ARG and the vendors in order for it to have any meaning. Pull a bunch of stuff off the Internet, put it on a floppy, send it to the ARG and say "This is what I think should be the Conventional Ada Library." My guess would be that the answer would end up being "No". There would be lots of reasons to say "No" and I understand most of them. It would be my answer too if I were in their position. That's my guess as to what the outcome would be. Why? Simple: If they wanted there to be a Conventional Ada Library made up of random bits of code sucked down off of the Internet, they could have done that by now. The vendors have had the Booch Components and a bunch of other container libraries available for years. At any given moment, they could have plopped it down on their distribution disks and said "This Is The Thing." Since it hasn't happened, I'm betting it won't. MDC Preben Randhol wrote: > > > Well it depends whoes your audience. Buy? > > Preben -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for." --Logan Pearsall Smith ======================================================================