Ada: a C Developer's Perspective

Re:Ada: a C Developer's Perspective by andrepd on Thursday April 27, 2017 @06:28AM (#14210459)

Well, why? Why would a library be bad just because it hasn't been updated in 15 years? Does it spoil? Maybe it doesn't need to be updated.

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Re:Ada: a C Developer's Perspective by dagw on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:43AM (#14211378)

The current RFC for the base LDAP protocol is from 2006, so that is at least 4 years of potential updates/changes that are missing from the library.

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Re:Ada: a C Developer's Perspective by dorfsmay on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:04AM (#14210591)

Environment rot, yes (protocol changes, bug that weren't found yet by the time that library come out, etc...).

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Re:Ada: a C Developer's Perspective by user5994461 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:12AM (#14211178)

There are environment and protocols that don't change much. Typically the places where Ada is used.

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Re:Ada: a C Developer's Perspective by maxxxxx on Thursday April 27, 2017 @10:33AM (#14211718)

Libraries that interface with other systems like LDAP go bad over time. Either you are missing bug fixes or new features.

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