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=0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT,SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING,SUBJ_ILLEGAL_CHARS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,38fc011071df5a27 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-12 06:08:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!news.uni-stuttgart.de!carbon.eu.sun.com!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to get a �Conventional Ada Library� (Was: Ideas for Ada 200X) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:07:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <6a90b886.0305262344.1d558079@posting.google.com> <3ED4A94C.2020501@noplace.com> <3ED6A852.75AC0133@adaworks.com> <3ED74ED3.4020505@noplace.com> <3ED7C8C5.3070902@cogeco.ca> <3ED826BB.9010509@noplace.com> <3F61BA28.3060507@crs4.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-129-123-220.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: hercules.btinternet.com 1063372055 14686 81.129.123.220 (12 Sep 2003 13:07:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:07:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42413 Date: 2003-09-12T13:07:35+00:00 List-Id: "Jacob Sparre Andersen" wrote in message news:3F61BA28.3060507@crs4.it... > If we can't get the compiler vendors (or ARA) to come up with some > requirements, wouldn't it be a viable alternative to get Ada Europe and > SIGAda to create a common working group for writing the requirements > (and specifications?) for a �Conventional Ada Library�? Of course Ada > Europe and SIGAda do not have the same easy way to force a library on > the programmers as the compiler vendors, but I can't think of any better > solution right now. There is such a WG: http://www.acm.org/sigada/wg/apiwg/ (thanks to Dirk Craeynest for the link)