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,f297d5b850ee1e61 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-06 05:21:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-sanjose!news-in-sanjose!in.nntp.be!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!newsfeed1.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: Ada2005 clear screen etc. Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:09:04 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <87f5a614.0303011527.4cb09de2@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.be.f1 X-Server-Date: 6 Mar 2003 13:10:38 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:34970 Date: 2003-03-06T13:10:38+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote in message news:fTNRJIatrAeV@eisner.encompasserve.org... > > Because the Ada standard should be for things that require support from > the compiler vendor. > > There should be a body of widely used libraries that can be augmented on > a more frequent basis than the cycle for the language standard, but we > will never get there so long as people insist on shoving everything into > the language standard. Absolutely. If we had a committee that built and maintained a library of utility code as a "Reference Implementation" it could be packaged with the compilers but provided in an unsupported mode. (Tell the customers to e-mail the committee) To be successful though, I believe you have to have the compiler vendors (and others, of course) driving the effort. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "Going cold turkey isn't as delicious as it sounds." -- H. Simpson ======================================================================