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: 103376,94bac711cf2950f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-26 09:36:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie wanna Ada Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:42:51 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9rc09s$hde$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BD87B95.2000703@maciejsobczak.com> <9rbnqb$dja$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1004110972 17838 136.170.200.133 (26 Oct 2001 15:42:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Oct 2001 15:42:52 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15261 Date: 2001-10-26T15:42:52+00:00 List-Id: I've never had an issue with a standard that said: "You are not required to implement X but if you *do* implement X, it must meet these criteria..." I would envision an Ada Standard Component Library as having some nice "core" set of features that provided things that (almost) any implementation could provide. Extensions could be added that covered different problem domains not unlike the annexes in the ARM. A vendor could easily say "Branches A, B and C compile nicely and work with my stuff so I'll accept them but branches D and E I'm leaving out..." The important thing being that *if* you need a certain set of features, you can count on the interface to those features being consistent. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:JzeC7.1464$xS6.2036@www.newsranger.com... > > There is the issue that not every Ada platform has TCP/IP. That's not an > insurmountable problem, but it does mean that it would have to be in an optional > annex (Network Programming annex?) >