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: 2003-11-02 14:41:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3FA5880E.5020104@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? (The Big Player IRVINE) 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 22:41:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.23.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1067812885 209.165.23.166 (Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:41:25 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:41:25 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1937 Date: 2003-11-02T22:41:25+00:00 List-Id: O.K. So with respect to distributing a Conventional Ada Library along with compilers, this is what I'm hearing: ACT: "Well, *maybe* if it came from a SIGAda group and it was really good quality and lots of users already wanted it, we *might* go out and distribute it...." Irvine: "No." Perhaps some other vendors may come out with a different answer, but it isn't looking like they want to start jumping on the bandwagon, does it? It wouldn't much matter *how* it got built (all-volunteer or some mix of funding, from some TBD sources, etc.) The interest level from the vendors is asymptotically approaching zero as far as I can tell. So maybe a library is a bad idea. (I don't think so) If so, then I hope the vendors or ARG can come up with some *other* idea that is going to generate some new interest in Ada. Why is it I can hear Danny DiVito in the background reciting his speech from "Other People's Money": "I'm sure at one time there must have been hundreds of companies out there making buggy whips...." (Substitute "Ada Compilers" for "Buggy Whips" ;-) MDC Stephane Richard wrote: > Irvine Ada Compiler's reply to my questionnaire. (a different perspective to > say the least). > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "So if I understand 'The Matrix Reloaded' correctly, the Matrix is basically a Microsoft operating system - it runs for a while and then crashes and reboots. By design, no less. Neo is just a memory leak that's too hard to fix, so they left him in... The users don't complain because they're packed in slush and kept sedated" -- Marin D. Condic ======================================================================