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: 2001-10-12 06:28:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.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: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:18:55 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9q6qk1$38a$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BC30674.BA88AAB6@brighton.ac.uk> <9pvv3t$ves$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9q49fc$nh3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9q4dnk017fg@drn.newsguy.com> <9q4fr6$qj5$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9q4m4t$t4n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9q4rel$23p$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1002892737 3338 136.170.200.133 (12 Oct 2001 13:18:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Oct 2001 13:18:57 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14385 Date: 2001-10-12T13:18:57+00:00 List-Id: It could very well be that customers have not been clamoring for a component library. It could be that if anyone has mentioned it, the assumption is "we have to build one ourselves and we have bigger fish to fry". Maybe customers handle this for themselves. Who knows? I think there is a big advantage to including it with the compiler distribution in some semi-integrated manner. (id est, it is tested to compile and run with that particular compiler and documents make it easy and obvious to find.) After all, lots of new users of Ada may not be aware of the existence of such products or know enough to be able to use them effectively. Better to have it right there and ready to go. Existing Ada users may be able to manage it for themselves, but they're the ones already sold on it. Maybe the ARA is the right place to start instigating. However, I suspect that a number of the members do read this group and are aware of this and similar discussions in the past. It would be nice to get a little casual feedback on the idea to decide if it is worth persuing more rigorously. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Pat Rogers" wrote in message news:Bxqx7.411$JZ6.118851739@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > > Occam's Razor says it is probably because nobody has asked them to do so. > (And I'm assuming that is because they are already available off the Net.) > > > > That is why I think it would be valuable to hear the vendor's opinions on > > what is required of some potential component library. Get three or four > > vendors willing to say "If you guys build something like this.... we'll > > distribute it with the compiler..." and then you've really got something. > > Sounds like a question to put to the ARA... > >