Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Martin Dowie wrote:
 >
 >
 > That is a possibility with the "IWA". It does /*NOT*/ make it part of
 > the standard but it could be used as a basis for inclusion.
 >

That's good news. I think the key here is that Ada needs to be able to
add new functionality at a faster rate than every ten years. Any scheme
that helps do that would be a good thing so long as the vendors go along
with it.


 >
 > Thanks, I did that myself - that's not part of the 'normal' AI
 > process :-) It's actually the text of the AI copied into the source
 > code (by hand!) and into "AdaBrowse" format (big "hello" to Thomas
 > Wolf!).
 >
 > If I get time I'll embed more examples from the AI or from elsewhere.
 >
 >
Give some thought to some kind of "textbook" format. User's guides are
nice if you already know basically how to use the library and just want
to look up the specifics of what a call to some subroutine does. But 
something that addresses "What the heck to I *do* with this package???" 
might help people get started with it. You know: "Suppose you want to 
maintain a mailing list of people and search it based on last name..." 
Explaining how to do that with a container library and pointing at code 
or code snippets can be invaluable to a new user.

MDC
-- 
======================================================================
Marin David Condic
I work for: http://www.belcan.com/
My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm

Send Replies To: m   o   d   c @ a   m   o   g
                    c   n   i       c   .   r

     "All reformers, however strict their social conscience,
      live in houses just as big as they can pay for."

          --Logan Pearsall Smith
======================================================================