Re: Software Components with Ada

Re: Software Components with Ada

[William Thomas Wolfe, 2847]

From oglesby@m3.multiflow.COM (Jose Oglesby):
> I just started reading this book [Software Components with Ada, by
> Grady Booch] and I was wondering if the code for the components 
> described in it is available on line anywhere.

   They are sold by Wizard Software, 835 S. Moore Street, Lakewood, CO;
   the charge is from $100 for a one-CPU educational license to $5000
   for a commercial site license, or at least that's what the prices
   were in October 1988.  

> What I would like to see in this group is pointers to collections (in
> any language) of useful components (such as the ones described in
> Booch's book).  

   There is a guidebook called Ada: Sources and Resources which is 
   written by Karl Nyberg of Grebyn Corporation (karl@grebyn.com)
   which gives a comprehensive survey for Ada components; the address
   is Karl Nyberg, Grebyn Corporation, P.O. Box 1144, Vienna, VA, 22180.

> I would also like to see discussions about the
> quality of such collections.  So far, for a group about reusable
> code, there has been precious little code to reuse presented here.

   If you want lots of reuseable code, try the Ada Software Repository;
   for the cost of postage, you can get a very full magtape (6250 bpi
   in Unix tar format, several mag tapes at lower densities or other
   formats) full of reuseable code.  (You must supply the tapes...)

   I'm e-mailing you a description of the Ada Software Repository and 
   how to access it, which I will be happy to send to anyone else who 
   requests it via e-mail to wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu. 


   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu