Re: Language support for flexible handling of system-detected errors.

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Hmmmmmmm....... Probably you're right. At least once the "requirements" got
specific enough to start suggesting how they should be implemented. For
example:

Requirement: I want to be able to easily navigate through the files,
packages, subprograms and other constructs of the Ada code that makes up
some system I'm working on.

We'd probably all agree that's A Good Thing. But everyone's concept of, for
example, "Easy", can be different. Does this mean it should have a
GUI-tree-like-thingie that I point&click on? Or does this mean I have a
command line thingie that uses grep-like expressions to search a directory
tree and open files?

Still, if someone were to be building an IDE, it would be wise to get
feedback from the potential customers as to what ought to be in it. Chances
are, you'd find a lot of commonality in the wants/needs area, if not in the
precise appearance of it.

MDC
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Marin David Condic
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Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
Enabling the digital revolution
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"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
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>
> I would _like_ to think there was such a set to draw a constituency,
> but I have no factual basis for believing such a set of features can
> be listed.