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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-14 03:37:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Ingo Marks Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 12:37:10 +0200 Organization: T-Online Message-ID: References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CB94312.5040802@snafu.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1018780601 01 22534 sTS4TGgVS9AnD5 020414 10:36:41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 340020534592-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22507 Date: 2002-04-14T12:37:10+02:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > Michael Erdmann wrote: > > : And i am wondering if there could be a processed > : established which brings these things back into the > : standard in order to avoid the reinvention of > : state of the art components. > > Monoism isn't compatible with reality I think, starting > ... > If program users want different GUIs, this creates > an opportunity to have more people work on the different > implementations, and have users hand out the rewards, > that is payment. They have a right to require this to be > done. > ... Michael didn't say the he wants to have universal monolithic libraries and throw all other developments away. I agree with Michael that it's better for the Ada community to work together to develop good universal solutions which fit the needs of many. That doesn't mean that these developments fit the needs of everyone and every application. See Mono (and DotGNU): They develop a new library standard for GTK/Gnome and don't pay much attention if these standards are compatible with .NET in the future (due to possible patent restrictions). They just see the power of standard libraries which help them to develop new applications with less effort in much shorter time than before. That doesn't mean that you cannot continue to write GTK/Gnome applications with the old libraries.