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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-11 09:16:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why not "standardize" the Booch Components? (was Re: is Ada dying?) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:02:43 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9q4fr6$qj5$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BC30674.BA88AAB6@brighton.ac.uk> <9pvv3t$ves$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9q49fc$nh3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9q4dnk017fg@drn.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1002816166 27237 136.170.200.133 (11 Oct 2001 16:02:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Oct 2001 16:02:46 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14287 Date: 2001-10-11T16:02:46+00:00 List-Id: I was thinking along the lines where there were some sort of hypertext document that let you click on a package name & get a description of what it does, how to use it (in a general sense) and see links to documentation to specific subprograms, etc. Something that could be used as a reference & user's manual for this specific implementation of the Booch Components. I don't think that Grady Booch's original book documents this specific realization of the components since the book came first. (IOW, names may have changed some, features added, etc. You really need a document that is updated as the code changes over time.) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Robert*@" wrote in message news:9q4dnk017fg@drn.newsguy.com... > In article <9q49fc$nh3$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin says... > > > > >One big weakness I found in them was a general lack of documentation. > > is the book about booch components in Ada not usefull for this? I do not > have the book in front me, but it could be this one, but not sure: > > > Software Components With Ada : Structures, Tools, and Subsystems (The > Benjamin/Cummings Series in Ada and Software Engineering) > by Grady Booch > > it is a black cover one, and it describes in details all of booch components > with code (ada83). > > I have it somewhere. > > > >