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From: Stephen Leake <Stephe.Leake@nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest?
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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net> writes:

> Let me propose a baby step forward.  If we do this right we are going
> to need a central registrar of top level library names.  

Good point.

> The ARG has implicitly grabbed Ada, Interfaces, and System, plus all
> the names of things declared directly in Standard. I want to work
> with others on what belongs in Statistics, and as far as I am
> concerned, any name in Eachus is mine, all mine. ;-)

Hmm. I've grabbed SAL, but that was a deliberate pun; it means
"Stephe's Ada Library" _or_ "Standard Ada Library" :).

> But it would be nice to have a central repository of all these names,
> with links to where the sources can be found (or purchased), and a
> protocol for allocating names and adjudicating conflicts.  And yes,
> I'm working on getting my useful libraries organized, documented and
> available on the web.  If no one else volunteers, I'll start work on
> it. But please! wait until we can get a group of people to handle
> this, and a central web site, perhaps at www.ada-auth.org.  

I think that's the right place to do it. Randy?

-- 
-- Stephe