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,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-17 20:06:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!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: status of Ada STL? Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:33:38 -0400 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 1024328019 2532 136.170.200.133 (17 Jun 2002 15:33:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Jun 2002 15:33:39 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:26196 Date: 2002-06-17T15:33:39+00:00 List-Id: Libraries are a big deal. Not having one that is at least "Conventional" Ada (heading towards "Standard" Ada - maybe) does start to make people consider the leverage they get elsewhere. That's why I've suggested we need to get *something* that is up and running & generally available and somehow or other the "Conventional" thing. We can't wait 5 years for that to happen either - so even a minimal library with some really basic stuff that could easily be extended would be A Good Start. Its just real hard to get consensus on what the library should be and with lack of direction/support from some of the more "Official" interests, its hard to imagine how this could be speeded up. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Russ" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:bebbba07.0206151051.1c25cf1e@posting.google.com... > > The main objection is usually that Ada programmers are too hard to > find. More recently, a top expert (a gcc maintainer) is claiming that > the STL overcomes many of the objections to C++. If Ada doesn't soon > have something comparable to STL that is reasonably stable and at > least on track for standardization, it could be in trouble. >