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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7f52bfcaf2a6d0b8,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-22 16:44:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone2.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc02.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stapler Subject: Designing Packages and programs for a newbie. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: Pan/0.11.4 (Unix) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Comment-To: ALL Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.241.145.39 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc02 1038012254 12.241.145.39 (Sat, 23 Nov 2002 00:44:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 00:44:14 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 00:44:14 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31169 Date: 2002-11-23T00:44:14+00:00 List-Id: Recently I've had a series of epiphanies concerning just how crummy my designs, specs, and type systems actually were/are. Hence I'm doing research on proper procedures and considerations for designing small applications and packages. I havent delved into very large applications because I havent had a need to. First, I'm looking for perhaps some good introductory docs/texts on the design process and the different approaches taken. Because my applications are limited in scope, performance isn't a problem. However I like to see just how small I can make the binary executable. Are there any design pointers you would suggest that might help in this regard? Any pointers or information would be appreciated. Thanks. Stapler