Re: Standard Library Interest?

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

The APIWG might be a forum in which to build the Reference 
Implementation and be the basic keepers of what it means to be the 
Conventional Ada Library. I just don't know that they see that as their 
goal. That, and it would need some kind of acceptance from the vendors - 
not just a SIGAda "blessing"

The vendors *might* be very interested in it. They might be avoiding 
jumping into the fray until they see which way the wind is blowing 
and/or formulating ideas on how to go about it. I wouldn't take the 
relative silence from the vendors or the ARG to mean they are not in 
favor of it. They have to exercise some caution in what to back and how 
to go about it.

Unless a few of the vendors would care to respond and declare "Yeah" or 
"Nay" on the whole concept? Anybody care to go on record? :-)

MDC


Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> 
> The APIWG would be a good "official" source of blessing. But they do
> not have the funding to do the work needed.
> 
> I agree with Marin; only the Ada compiler vendors have the right
> combination of clout and funding to do this job. Since they do not
> seem to be interested, I don't see much hope for it.
> 


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