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: 103376,88ed72d98e6b3457 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-06 07:34:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!pullfeed!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: <3F803278.1020507@noplace.com> <3F81700B.1050701@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1065450850 22685 129.241.83.78 (6 Oct 2003 14:34:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:34:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:312 Date: 2003-10-06T14:34:10+00:00 List-Id: On 2003-10-06, Marin David Condic wrote: > This is really important: I absolutely *never* said there weren't > package out there that can do some/most/all of these things. What I said > was that they are NOT "STANDARD" and a bunch of other undesirable > characteristics. If there was a willingness to adopt some of these > things and declare thenm to be "The Ada Thing", I wouldn't oppose that. > I just think we're better off making sure we had a consistent, well > documented, common, standard library. Sure, but I think that these are at least starting points. I don't see the reason for rewriting a lot of software just for the exercise if one can adopt already existing software and mould it into what one wants. At any rate the GNAT stuff is more or less standard for me. Preben