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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-02 07:30:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:26:15 +0200 Organization: Guest of France Telecom Oleane's newsreading service Message-ID: References: <3d0f0c40_1@news.tm.net.my> <3D95E5F7.CE1669E9@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 1033568712 26812 195.25.228.57 (2 Oct 2002 14:25:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:25:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29461 Date: 2002-10-02T16:26:15+02:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" a �crit dans le message news: anepmc$631$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net... > 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. -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr