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,db9a11afb3da4240 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-01 17:35:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsgate.cistron.nl!psiuk-p2!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: Language support for flexible handling of system-detected errors. Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:35:44 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1017675345 7530 136.170.200.133 (1 Apr 2002 15:35:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Apr 2002 15:35:45 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:21963 Date: 2002-04-01T15:35:45+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message news:YzYKvfFOJWul@eisner.encompasserve.org... > > 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.