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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-09 19:24:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "DuckE" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: "is ada dead?" A challenge for all of us? 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 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 02:24:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.248.45.203 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 994731883 24.248.45.203 (Mon, 09 Jul 2001 19:24:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 19:24:43 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9699 Date: 2001-07-10T02:24:43+00:00 List-Id: "McDoobie" wrote in message news:f8827.179501$DG1.30031868@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com... [...] > Heres a challenge...one that I'm taking up myself. For each Ada developer > in the group here to find a piece of software that they like and find useful, > and do thier own little re-implementation of it in Ada95, with all the little > benefits that Ada95 offers implemented in addition to what comes standard > with the application. > > Personally, I think the server side is where this type of challenge would > truly show Ada95 for the gem that I've found it to be. > > It doesnt have to be a huge project. Just a something simple. An email app, > a database frontend/client, blah blah blah. > > Then we can submit those new applications to the Open Source community, > or do whatever else with them. > > Anyways, I figure if the developer likes the application and finds it useful, > then it shouldn't be too hard for them to develope interest in doing thier > own little implementation. > > What do you think? This would be especially profound if the application you clone is notoriously buggy and you provide a solid version. SteveD > > McDoobie > chris@dont.spam.me