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,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-06 04:37:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!opentransit.net!proxad.net!feeder2-1.proxad.net!nnrp6.proxad.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "nicolas" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9jrt62$38t$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B619A6D.5DD6E782@home.com> <3B6636BA.96FD8348@home.com> <9kb3ub$hdo$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9kchn1$lng$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9kea9a$lsc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9keduf$qvc$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9kelv1$riq$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9klokd0nif@drn.newsguy.com> Subject: Re: Proving Correctness (was Java Portability) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 11:37:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.101.131.241 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net X-Trace: nnrp6.proxad.net 997097868 195.101.131.241 (Mon, 06 Aug 2001 13:37:48 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 13:37:48 CEST Organization: Guest of ProXad - France Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11345 Date: 2001-08-06T11:37:48+00:00 List-Id: "Mike@xx" a �crit dans le message news: 9klokd0nif@drn.newsguy.com... > The Ada standard library development model is not up to the modern times. > > Look at how Sun manages Java. They have reqular releases of an updated > Java (mostly in the standard libraries). This is how Ada should work. Ada > standard libraries should be updated with more packages all the time. > Thanks a lot ... I'd like to hear that kind of things more often I don't understand how Ada could stay up-to-date with one revision of standard libraries in 18 years ... And who knows when will be the next, if there is one ... No need to change language rules and syntax, but at least, as far as libraries are concerned, you are absolutely right. Ada users should be able to count on a complete set of libraries, absolutely compatible with main available compilers and main platforms, gathered on one official download site. If everybody releases his own version of the same library for his favourite compiler, on his favourite platform, we'll get nothing really useful, and moreover, we'll prove to others languages users, that Ada users give lessons to everybody about software development, and are unable to apply them in practice.