Re: status of Ada STL?

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

Be careful what you wish for. You just may get it. :-)

What I think is far more important is some kind of indication of willingness
to adopt something on the part of the vendors. If they won't pack it up with
their compilers and ship it, then it isn't an unofficial standard. (Can we
call this  a "Convention"?) They obviously want to wait until some
sufficient number of their paying customers start asking for something.
(Hint: If you are a paying customer, send an e-mail to your sales or
customer support weenies indicating what you would prefer.) If the compiler
vendors aren't on board with something then it doesn't matter - download
Booch or PragmARC or any of the other spiffy libraries out there and use
what suits you best.

Getting a consensus of CLA posters isn't going to make it any more universal
or conventional - those who don't like Booch or PragmARC or Grace will use
whatever they do like because there isn't much incentive not to. If it comes
with the compiler, then you're spitting into the wind to use something else
and you'd be fighting portability if you did. Why would someone go with a
CLA consensus - especially since it will likely be anything but definitive -
except to be one of The 'In' Crowd? There's not much incentive to cause it
to be a Convention.

Otherwise, we can wait for Ada0x since I'm sure something will be in it by
then. In the mean time, people starting new projects can always go use C++
where they get the STL to help them leverage their efforts. :-)

MDC

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