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: 103376,1d52a75fd633fefc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-22 07:28:07 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!isdnet!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!news.iks-jena.de!lutz From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: STL for Ada (was: Re: Ada to C++ translator?) Date: 22 Feb 2001 15:20:41 GMT Organization: IKS GmbH Jena Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3A844255.24A4DBA3@lmco.com> <968vnc$5a2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A8C6843.B46006D6@lmco.com> <3A93C0DC.37A37955@baesystems.com> <3a93e3b9$1@pull.gecm.com> <3A93E9A9.21F2F44F@baesystems.com> <3A946DC7.84502F14@votehere.net> <87itm31237.fsf@520075220525-0001.dialin.t-online.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: taranis.iks-jena.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.3 (Linux) Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5439 Date: 2001-02-22T15:20:41+00:00 List-Id: * Stefan Nobis wrote: >I'm very new to Ada (but worked quite some time with C++) and 'till now i >read nothing about something like the STL for Ada. Is there a library that >gives Ada all the things the STL gives C++? Yes there is one. >If not, why? STL is mostly generic programmic and Ada always claims to do >better generics than C++, so why not put such a lib in the standard? IIRC the STL war developed using Ada generics. But to be honest: I do not need the STL, because most of the provided constructs: - are already in the language - easier to implement than to include - already defined in local modules (BOOCH)