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From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
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Subject: Re: status of Ada STL?
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> a �crit dans le message news:
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> For example, my number one requirement is ease-of-use. I expect the
> primary use of these containers would be in prototypes and non-critical
> code, and also by programmers relatively new to Ada. For those uses,
> ease of use is more important than expressive power or top shelf
> performance. After all, if it is harder to use the components than it is
> to roll-your-own, no one will use them.
I strongly support that statement.
I *do* keep rewriting data structure packages, when I have some specialized
requirements.
After all, that's my job, and not a big deal if you know how to write them.
Predefined libraries are for the casual user, under not-demanding conditions

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