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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,effb80d4bb7716dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Simon Wright Subject: Re: Wanted: Ada STL. Reward: Ada's Future Date: 1999/02/07 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 442143820 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 References: <790f4q$3l@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <36B856E4.D921C1D@bton.ac.uk> <79cc3q$mms$1@remarQ.com> <1999Feb4.141530.1@eisner> <79d0db$6h5$1@remarQ.com> <1999Feb4.171318.1@eisner> <79dp2o$s2h$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36ba730b.35540068@news.pacbell.net> <79eq4l$m1a$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36bb301f.2303870@news.pacbell.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 918455447 nnrp-02:13307 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 Organization: At Home Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: tmoran@bix.com (Tom Moran) writes: > One of the problems with reuse is that it needs to be easier than > reinvention. For small pieces of code (not compilers) reinvention is > relatively easy. As Larry points out, reading and feeling comfortable > with, or having your lawyer read and agree to, someone's > idiosyncratic restrictions on their "free" software is often harder > than reinvention. Do you bother to read the header files that come with your C compiler? full of legalese, as I recall! Seems to me you guys are putting yourselves at a distinct competitive disadvantage here .. -- Simon Wright Work Email: simon.j.wright@gecm.com Alenia Marconi Systems Voice: +44(0)1705-701778 Command & Information Systems Division FAX: +44(0)1705-701800