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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,24a59fbc07128ff8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-07 21:38:42 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: RE: rename missing in Text_IO References: <9d6rbl$6vs$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 04:38:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 989296721 24.20.190.201 (Mon, 07 May 2001 21:38:41 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 21:38:41 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7300 Date: 2001-05-08T04:38:41+00:00 List-Id: > I like abstracting things and have done so with the Winsock calls in > particular. This may be key. Too thick a binding, no matter how good it might be, may just not be attractive. Most people have their own styles and preferences, and just aren't as comfortable using something right out of the box. It's standard marketing that nobody wants to feel their input consists of putting tab A in slot B. People want instead pieces that can be helpful in creating the final product. Your comment > managing programmers is like hearding cats... :-) is relevant here.