Re: why not

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Note that I have no strenuous objections to the Booch Components. As you
observe, they already exist and they already work. My only possible
objection might be that of "simplicity". If a component library is to help
attract garden variety programmers to Ada, then there needs to be a simple,
direct way to obtain - say - a list of integers or a map of strings/records.
(Think in terms of "I need to read in and pile up an unknown amount of
Integers to look at later..." or "I need a table of employee names that get
me employee records..." That has got to be easy to do for a relative newbie
to Ada or the component library is just going to be some esoteric,
intellectual exercise that isn't going to get used much beyond its biggest
fans.)

If the BCs can be made to do the above things readily and how to do it is
documented reasonably well, then I would think we can get there from here.

This question remains: Would there be at least one - hopefully several -
compiler vendors that would accept the BCs as a pseudo-standard library and
bundle them with their compiler? If so, what, if anything, would they want
to see done to them to make them more acceptable?

Hopefully, your queries with vendors & TeamAda will yield some answers. It
would be good to see some acceptance of the idea as I'm sure it would lead
to more willing involvement by volunteers...

MDC
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"Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com> wrote in message
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> "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote in
> message news:9qhiqr$af0$1@nh.pace.co.uk...
> > I would again make the appeal that this would constitute "A Good Start"
> and
> > would satisfy a really large percentage of the practical usage. So long
as
> > the requirements identify the plain vanilla case and that much is agreed
> on,
> > implemented and accepted as the de facto "standard" we could all all the
> > exceptional cases as it becomes apparent that they are needed/useful.
> >
> > Just so long as the structure of the component library lends itself to
> > adding the extensions, it would be fine to start with a smaller set just
> to
> > get it going.
>
> I would argue that the BC's are fine for all the above, they exist
already,
> and they work.
>
>
> > BTW: Has anybody inquired with ACT, Aonix, RR, et alia, to determine if
> they
> > would have any interest in distributing a component library of any sort?
>
> I'm pursuing this, and wil post when I find something out.
>
> > Any vendors reading this who would care to comment?
>
> Team Ada may be the way to go.  I'll post there next.
>
>
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