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,FREEMAIL_FROM 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: 2003-10-09 19:53:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F861EF0.5060908@comcast.net> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? References: <3F7F760E.2020901@comcast.net> <3F8035B0.7080902@noplace.com> <3F816A35.4030108@noplace.com> <3F81FBEC.9010103@noplace.com> <6Ingb.30667$541.13861@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> <3F82B4A4.5060301@noplace.com> <3F82F527.3020101@noplace.com> <3F836447.1000800@noplace.com> <3F855056.5020606@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.139.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1065754382 24.34.139.183 (Fri, 10 Oct 2003 02:53:02 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 02:53:02 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 02:53:02 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:567 Date: 2003-10-10T02:53:02+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > Years ago in Ada83 there was an effort by (I think?) Richard Conn? It > was affiliated with some university - it may even still be out there. He > was assembling all sorts of Ada code and trying to classify it for easy > reuse. A noble effort. I think it suffered from a couple of factors: 1) > The "Not Invented Here" syndrome - which makes it tough for any library > (but can be overcome). 2) The general inconsistency from one package of > stuff to the next - no integration. 3) Often poor quality of what was > there - things might or might not even compile, much less run. 4) > Varying styles & interfaces - nothing you saw in one package was going > to be mirrored in another package. ) Lack of documentation - or at least > spotty and inconsistent. You might have the code but you might not be > able to figure out what to do with it. The Ada Repository on SIMTEL20. Later moved several times http://www.decus.org/libcatalog/document_html/vs0091_25.html I think that most of the Ada Repository software is in Ada Basis: http://www.iste.uni-stuttgart.de/ps/ada-software/ada-software.html which is somewhat more up to date. -- Robert I. Eachus "Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair of an old motorcycle." -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig