Re: Beginer problem: variable array size

["Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org>]

I don't know that they won't meet realtime requirements. I wouldn't worry
too much about that anyway. Realtime is only a fraction of the Ada users and
probably not so large a voting block that they need to be catered to in
every instance. If the library is unsuitable for realtime, they're in the
same boat they are in now - roll your own. (Given the mindset of many
realtime guys, we'd probably go off and do that anyway because we didn't
invent it and we want the devil we know! :-)

I think the issue was one of complexity - many thought Booch was just too
hard to understand or use in things like student applications. Maybe. Maybe
not. I think it would be better to adopt *something* rather than stand
around arguing about it for the next 10 years while C++ goes and wins
converts to the STL. You either meet the market's needs or they go somewhere
else. If other languages provide large libraries of useful stuff and Ada
doesn't - too bad for Ada. The market will be happy to use something else.
Its Darwin at work. Adapt - or else! (What are the odds of Ada succeeding in
getting a Darwin Award here? :-)

MDC
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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> I agree, though I admit that I am biased (for the general purpose use).
>
> I know this has been discussed before (but perhaps not enough),
> doesn't the Booch components more or less fit this "first stage"?  From
> my point of view, the # 1 disadvantage of the booch components is just
> getting them properly instatiated. Apart from realtime issues, what other
> issues exist?