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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public From: nabbasi@earthlink.net.NOSPAM Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/02/10 Message-ID: <79sadr$f6s@drn.newsguy.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 442867461 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <77ledn$eu7$1@remarQ.com> <77pnqc$cgi$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <8p64spq5lo5.fsf@Eng.Sun.COM> <77t3ld$nou$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79ce4s$lfq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79chc7$ko6@drn.newsguy.com> <79dodb$rhf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79fm3e$ffs$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79oj6d$eg8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79s23i$ena$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <79s889$as4@drn.newsguy.com> Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://www.newsguy.com] Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java Date: 1999-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <79s889$as4@drn.newsguy.com>, mike says... > > >The argument is simple. > >Having a standard function to do X, makes it more convenient for the >programmer using the language. > >If a standard function to do X was not part of the libraries that >come in the box, then the programmer would either go use a different >language tat has those functions they need, or spend more time >hunting the net looking for such a function, or spend more time >writing their own. > Many such packages are a quick web click away, see: http://home.earthlink.net/~nabbasi/ Nasser