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: 2002-06-19 16:36:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.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!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!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: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 09:55:43 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3d0f0c40_1@news.tm.net.my> <7vvg8f4s48.fsf@vlinux.voxelvision.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1024494944 21672 136.170.200.133 (19 Jun 2002 13:55:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Jun 2002 13:55:44 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:26444 Date: 2002-06-19T13:55:44+00:00 List-Id: Exactly! And lots of other good reasons too! (Or should that be "Megadittos++" :-) I think Ada will get there. Eventually, there will be a "Standard Library" in some manner. The question is, will it be too little too late? MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen" wrote in message news:7vvg8f4s48.fsf@vlinux.voxelvision.no... > > Yes, there are reusable libraries, but you miss the point. The STL is > well thought out, it works, and it's part of the *standard*. The > situation in C++ was the same as Ada for many years, lot of reusable > libraries, but no standard, and it really hurt development of portable > programs. You may argue that Ada libraries are more portable, but you > still have to download it, compile it for your platform, maybe run > some tests to make sure that it works, learn how to use it > efficiently, etc. Very often you end up rolling you own > problem-specific library. Certainly not a problem for a large > software project which can enforce standards, but for most application > development, it's very nice to have a standard library you can depend > on. > > >