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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-15 05:54:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!207.217.77.102!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:54:01 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <3DF1615C.7AAAC86E@adaworks.com> <3DF9A5B3.3CC0E2A3@praxis-cs.co.uk> <3DFA00D5.9010307@psu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b5.f9 X-Server-Date: 15 Dec 2002 13:54:19 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31848 Date: 2002-12-15T13:54:19+00:00 List-Id: If that's all I wanted, I don't even need to wait 5 minutes. There are dozens of component libraries out there for the cost of a download. I've got my own personal component library right here that I wrote myself. Component libraries are not the problem. The problem is a "Standard" component library that just plain comes with any given Ada compiler by default. The weakness of non-standard libraries is not that they don't work well or won't get a job done, but rather that each one is different (user's can't move from one project to another and be sure of having the same tools) and none of them are just there to use without any special effort. (You need to go out and select one of your own choosing that is, by definition, not part of Ada. "See??? Ada is not as good as C++ because C++ comes with a component library and Ada doesn't!!!" :-) MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Ingo Marks wrote in message news:athli4$93i$06$1@news.t-online.com... > Marin David Condic wrote: > > > Maybe we should try to get containers into the standard five years > > from now....." Sounds to me like a recepie for too little too late. > > I think you don't need to wait five years. There are some efforts on the > way already. Look at > > http://www.nongnu.org/Grace/Grace_Home.html > http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/grace/ > > Regards, > Ingo >