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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a3bf872bb81a1f2b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-12 06:57:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ASCL a doomed idea? Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:34:36 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9v7ptu$ok9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <7RQP7.4406$Yy.272014@rwcrnsc53> <9v0crv$bo2bi$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3C13D980.748CCCDA@acm.org> <9v37s0$cdmva$3@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <30wR7.37506$Yy.395982@rwcrnsc53> <9v6cn5$dcfkh$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008167678 25225 136.170.200.133 (12 Dec 2001 14:34:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Dec 2001 14:34:38 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17839 Date: 2001-12-12T14:34:38+00:00 List-Id: The important thing won't be some specific phraseology or word-science - it will be if there is some reasonable level of functionality available. While it is interesting that strings have some similarity to lists, what is probably more important is that there be similar operations and nomenclature with Ada.Strings.* because this will help the programmer transition from one to the other. The rest is window dressing. I'm glad that we seem to have made some really good progress on agreeing on a lot of what needs to be in a list package. If we stay focused on getting a solution together, I think this could be done in some reasonably short time. We're better off leaving the nit-picking to academic critics who can tell us later how badly we botched up the Grand Linked List Theory. :-) In the mean time, there will be a functioning library in use by thousands (we hope!) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Nick Roberts" wrote in message news:9v6cn5$dcfkh$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de... > > I'm not talking about somebody's esoteric academic definition of a list, I'm > talking about ordinary everyday people's idea of a list. Most Ada > programmers are ordinary everyday people, and it is those programmers whom I > am considering when choosing names for the types and subprograms. >