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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada package registry?
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 17:59:36 +0100
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On 2016-02-04 17:52, Björn Lundin wrote:
> On 2016-02-03 23:11, Randy Brukardt wrote:
>
>> On top of which is my paranoid nature: I don't view anything I didn't write
>> as truly trustworthy (see the OpenSSL problems for an example of why). But
>> that comes at least in part from experience: when you build a fine edifice
>> on top of sand, you usually end up with trouble. If that foundation is Ada
>> source code, I have tools and knowledge to be able to fix it in an
>> emergency. If that foundation is something else, you run the risk of
>> watching it all wash away in that situation.
>>
>
> I note that you do not mention working with relation databases.
> If you work with them, it's hard to avoid c-bindings .

You could have a relational persistence storage in Ada, though. Use of a 
DBMS is frequently motivated by non-Ada tools, which arguably could be 
replaced as well.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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