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: 103376,60e2922351e0e780 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-20 01:31:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.algonet.se!algonet!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Re-Marketing Ada (was "With and use") Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:31:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: <3FB0B57D.6070906@noplace.com> <3FB22125.1040807@noplace.com> <3FB3751D.5090809@noplace.com> <3FB8B9BC.5040505@noplace.com> <3FBA1118.4060105@noplace.com> <0fxub.48425$bQ3.12107@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> <3FBB6527.4040702@noplace.com> <9oWdnbI7TvQCRiai4p2dnA@gbronline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.241.83.78 X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1069320695 15080 129.241.83.78 (20 Nov 2003 09:31:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:31:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2715 Date: 2003-11-20T09:31:35+00:00 List-Id: On 2003-11-19, Wes Groleau wrote: > Marin David Condic wrote: >> Ultimately, what Ada needs is to have the same sort of libraries that >> C/C++ does but written directly in Ada and in Ada style. Don't duplicate >> - innovate. Ada doesn't have to have a parallel for *every* C/C++ > > Sometimes, my approach is first duplicate, then improve. > (Translate, and then make it elegant) Or thin binding -> thick binding ? -- "Saving keystrokes is the job of the text editor, not the programming language."