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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4d85dafcfa1dcde6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-10 11:34:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GPS - A new kind of IDE? Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 22:41:42 +0400 (MSD) Organization: h w c employees, b f Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1021055643 66249 137.194.161.2 (10 May 2002 18:34:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 18:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.44 MSDOS] Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23861 Date: 2002-05-10T22:41:42+04:00 I found it slightly strange that so many people dislike the name GPS for new ACT's contribution. For me, this name seems good enough... let's consider some aspects of that title. First, yes, there is an obvious collision, but those GPS'es are from the different areas, and the intersection of these areas is quite limited. After all, we see the last names like Smith very often, and very rarely we have a chance for confusing a man named Smith with a man, which is a smith by profession. So it is with those GPS'es: one is generic name for a class of devices, while another is the title for a particular software system - that is, the first is like "smith", and the second is like "Smith". And at last, ACT's GPS surely will have versions, and a good part of occurencies will mention not simply GPS, but GPS n.nn . Second, if the ACT's GPS were for Ada language only then perhaps the name AIDE could be better, but as the ACT's GPS supports multiple languages, there is little chance to find a simultaneous hit. Third, I believe that any good moderm IDE should have a functionality that really serves the same need as a GPS device does, but relative to a code inventory instead of the geographical maps. And such a functionality is critically significant for programmer's productivity, So I think that the title "GPS" may be justified as a metaphor also. Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia