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,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-15 11:51:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pogner.demon.co.uk!zap!not-for-mail From: Simon Wright Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container: Insert and Delete Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:33:13 +0000 Organization: Pushface Message-ID: References: <9sn4qm$13g29j$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3BF140D9.611DE43@brighton.ac.uk> <9srvmk$1la$1@news.huji.ac.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1005853842 nnrp-01:7414 NO-IDENT pogner.demon.co.uk:158.152.70.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:33:13 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16587 Date: 2001-11-13T21:33:13+00:00 List-Id: "Ehud Lamm" writes: > John English wrote in message > news:3BF140D9.611DE43@brighton.ac.uk... > > Sigh. Perhaps a "list" of shortcomings of existing list packages would > > be better than yet another reinvention of this particular wheel. For > > example, what's wrong with Booch lists, or for that matter the ones in > > my book (http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ch12.htm#12.1 and > > http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/appd.htm#d.8), or any of > > the many other implementations floating around already? > > > > I agree with this sentiment. So why not take the lead and tell us > why you didn't use the BC in your book...? I expect that (a) John's intention was to teach people how to program, and the development of a generic list package was useful, (b) the BCs were not all that usable in 1997 (the book was _published_ in 97, too, so the material must be older)