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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-17 08:33:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!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: Future with Ada Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:10:02 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9vl1sd$t7k$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9v57u1$mfb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9v74ov014bc@drn.newsguy.com> <9v7rjc$pfc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9vi8ms$c8t$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008601805 29940 136.170.200.133 (17 Dec 2001 15:10:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Dec 2001 15:10:05 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:18011 Date: 2001-12-17T15:10:05+00:00 List-Id: We could probably come up with a huge list of things that exist in other languages or environments that it would be great to have available in some form in Ada. This might not be a bad idea, but it would certainly end up kind of ecclectic. :-) I'd think that starting from a review of what is available elsewhere that is generally regarded as useful, some sort of Ada-ish "Wish List" could be developed - perhaps eventually emerging as a set of requirements & design? It could produce a really swell Ada component library that would make Ada much more attractive. The big problem is that without a Deep Pockets investor (philanthropist? :-) it would be extremely difficult to see something like this come about. It *might* be possible if there were a project going on with an end-product in mind that could utilize lots of utilities - you get the library as a consequence of building something else. AdaOS, for example, might result in a large library of GUI/Graphics stuff, communication stuff, etc. But then you've got to find some people willing to look at that project (AdaOS?, Ada-Office? Ada-Web?) as a mission worth persuing and with a goal of leaving behind a large volume of (semi)portable utilities. Sans a Deep Pockets investor/philanthropist willing to pay a bunch of salaries on spec that something worth while comes about, I'm not sure how to bring about such a situation. Volunteer time with minimal chance of financial reward will only go so far. Its possible that with an interesting enough project and a small group of developers willing to do some work on speculation that a commercial thing could come out of it, you might see some motion in the right direction. But then you need a project that captures some imaginations and develops from there. Suggestions? 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/ "Georg Bauhaus" wrote in message news:9vi8ms$c8t$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de... > > See also > GNOME, GnORBA, ... and their resp. proprietary counterparts, > including OLE2, COM*+-, ..., what had that Apple variant been > called, oh, where did it all com from.... >