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: 2003-10-10 08:07:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? Date: 10 Oct 2003 11:03:17 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <1065709467.623059@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1065798391 17872 128.183.235.92 (10 Oct 2003 15:06:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Oct 2003 15:06:31 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:605 Date: 2003-10-10T15:06:31+00:00 List-Id: somebody (I didn't get the original post) writes: > By the way, C++ cognoscenti are addressing similar library issues. > > > There's already a central site which is focusing on being the place > where proposed libraries live, . It might be > fruitful to read through it to see how their policies work. Note that Boost is supported by Boost consulting, which is making money selling support and development services for the Boost library. That's a good business model, but it relies on a large customer base. Maybe part of Ada's problem is that it's so easy to write good code that nobody needs support for a good library :). -- -- Stephe