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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-18 10:46:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news-x2.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!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: Development process in the Ada community Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:42:27 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CB94312.5040802@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204171009.30336212@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1019076148 3197 136.170.200.133 (17 Apr 2002 20:42:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Apr 2002 20:42:28 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:22737 Date: 2002-04-17T20:42:28+00:00 List-Id: "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:4519e058.0204171009.30336212@posting.google.com... > > ...which is precisely what was done with Win32Ada. Exactly. In another > post I called this something like "standardization path 1". Path 2 > (release it publicly and hope everyone uses it) is probably a distant > second, and nothing else is even in the ballpark. > > I agree and Win32Ada is an excellent example of how some packages/libraries can become a lower-case "standard" just because the vendors make it come along for the ride. Win32Ada may be "icky", but people use it just because they can count on it being there. So IMHO, the same sort of thing could be done with data structures, math libraries, etc., to the benefit of Ada. It might even be possible to have it done for more complex things like a GUI - a platform-specific standard but the one that all vendors deliver if they target that platform. Evidence indicates that the technique will work, but the hard part is the process for getting "Library X" into everyone's distribution. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com