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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-13 12:41:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.huji.ac.il!not-for-mail From: "Ehud Lamm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container: Insert and Delete Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 22:22:47 +0200 Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Message-ID: <9srvmk$1la$1@news.huji.ac.il> References: <9sn4qm$13g29j$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3BF140D9.611DE43@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: di3-97.dialin.huji.ac.il X-Trace: news.huji.ac.il 1005683221 1706 132.64.13.97 (13 Nov 2001 20:27:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.huji.ac.il NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:27:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16444 Date: 2001-11-13T22:22:47+02:00 List-Id: John English wrote in message news:3BF140D9.611DE43@brighton.ac.uk... > Sigh. Perhaps a "list" of shortcomings of existing list packages would > be better than yet another reinvention of this particular wheel. For > example, what's wrong with Booch lists, or for that matter the ones in > my book (http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ch12.htm#12.1 and > http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/appd.htm#d.8), or any of > the many other implementations floating around already? > I agree with this sentiment. So why not take the lead and tell us why you didn't use the BC in your book...? Ehud