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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-18 13:51:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community Date: 18 Apr 2002 13:51:37 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0204181251.415ff7f1@posting.google.com> References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CBAFFEE.2080708@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204171036.6f0a7394@posting.google.com> <3CBDD795.4060706@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204180800.44fac012@posting.google.com> <3CBF0341.8020406@mail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1019163097 27522 127.0.0.1 (18 Apr 2002 20:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Apr 2002 20:51:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22752 Date: 2002-04-18T20:51:37+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote in message news:<3CBF0341.8020406@mail.com>... > Ted Dennison wrote: > > Since we mostly have a package worked out (at great pains) for lists, > > hopefully they will concentrate on defining what other containers are > > needed and how best to extend what we have. > > I was just reading somewhere (exactly where escapes me) of a recent > survey done on C++ programmers who have started using the STL. There > was some surprise to discover that the most used container was map. > Apparently what happens is that once programmers have map available, > they begin using it all over the place, replacing little local ad-hoc > lookup structures such as linear searches through arrays. Maps would certianly be my prime candidate. My last project incorporated the Booch Components just for the map support. It also seemed to be the most talked about other component during the strawman list discussions (although admittedly I was doing a lot of that talking). -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html