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: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-03 16:37:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!wn14feed!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? References: <3F7E01EB.8090400@noplace.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.124.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1065224241 12.234.124.41 (Fri, 03 Oct 2003 23:37:21 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 23:37:21 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 23:37:21 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:182 Date: 2003-10-03T23:37:21+00:00 List-Id: > > Recently I wanted to take jpegs, (Windows) bitmaps and png images > a variety of standard file types (images, sounds, movies, etc.) Claw has windows bitmaps in all their glorious flavors. If I'm not mistaken, the compiler from IBM/Rational comes with Claw bundled. There are also Claw packages for .wav files and video-for-windows, though they are on a low priority for public release because nobody has asked for them. That, IMHO, is one of the problems with creating new standard Ada libraries: each individual library seems to be wanted by only one person, so that person winds up writing it - designed to his own immediate preferences.