[GAP] Ada 2005 API

[Robert Dewar]

Riehle, Richard (CIV) wrote:

> The assertion that the ALRM is sufficient simply is not adequate.

Who ever asserted such a thing? Certainly we don't recommend
learning Ada 2005 (or any version of Ada) from the ARM. We
usually recommend Barnes.


> The quality of the libraries and corresponding documentation compensate
> for the flaws in the language designs.   We need some similar model for
> Ada, something that will be familiar to those accustomed to that kind of
> tool and library support.  While some of this exists, its availability
> is not obvious to the Ada newcomer.   AdaCore has done exceptional work
> in this area, and they are to be congratulated for it.   Somehow it is 
> not enough.  We need all the Ada compiler and tool publishers to pitch
> in
> and make this deficiency go away.

Not really sure what libraries you are talking about here, the libraries
that are part of the Ada language? Libraries supplied by GNAT (which for
the moment *is* Ada 2005)? Third party libraries?

Certainly all the GNAT libraries are well documented.

Java is not really comparable, since there is no Java standard which
says what is part of the language and what is part of the typical
implementations.