"Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org> a �crit dans le message
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> Well, I wouldn't necessarily characterize it as the "casual user". What's
> the point of having a library if its only for someone who is just
tinkering
> around and not doing serious development? Perhaps this perspective helps:
> For a serious Ada user who may not have stringent performance criteria, a
> standard library is better than a roll-your-own library if he can quickly
> and easily get his job done using it. In the handful of cases where there
> might be a need to do something very complex or with tough requirements,
the
> Ada programmer may still need to roll his own because *no* standard
library
> can possibly meet every conceivable need.
>
I think you simply defined better what I called a "casual" user. Anyway, we
are in agreement.

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