simmons@oak.software.org (Lisa Simmons) (04/15/91)
In 1989, the Software Productivity Consortium published "Ada Quality and Style: Guidelines for Professional Programmers". We are now in the process of creating a second edition and are soliciting feedback from those who have had the opportunity to read or use these guidelines. Specifically, indicate any guidelines that you believe are too specific/vague, wrong, missing, or have been difficult to apply. Also mention any additional topics regarding Ada usage that you think should be addressed. When providing comments, please be as specific as possible. If relevant, reference the related topic/section/guideline. Also provide any materials that might clarify each point, such as examples, etc. We are especially interested in comments on guidelines for reuse and portability. For reuse, the guidelines will address the construction of library units that require minimal or no modification for reuse. For portability, the guidelines will minimize the impact on code due to any change in environment. Even if you haven't read the book, we are interested in any guidelines that you have found to be useful. Responses can be mailed or e-mailed. If there is interest, a summary of the responses will be posted to this news group. Lisa Simmons simmons@software.org Software Productivity Consortium 2214 Rock Hill Rd. Herndon, VA 22070
mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr15.132429.12230@software.org> simmons@oak.software.org (Lisa Simmons) writes: > >In 1989, the Software Productivity Consortium published >"Ada Quality and Style: Guidelines for Professional >Programmers". We are now in the process of creating >a second edition and are soliciting feedback from those >who have had the opportunity to read or use these >guidelines. > other stuff deleted Hmmm. Didn't I read somewhere that these guidelines are intended for, and were distributed to, SPC members only? If my memory is failing, I apologize. If my memory is correct, and the guidelines are not available to the Ada community at large, I don't think you should post this note on a public newsgroup. If the guidelines are available to all, why not post the draft somewhere so we can ftp the document and get a look? Mike Feldman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Michael Feldman Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 U.S.A. phone 202-994-5253 fax 202-994-5296 email mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) (04/17/91)
In article <3069@sparko.gwu.edu> Mikey Feldman writes: >In article <1991Apr15.132429.12230@software.org> simmons@oak.software.org (Lisa Simmons) writes: Lots of stuff deleted.. >Hmmm. Didn't I read somewhere that these guidelines are intended for, >and were distributed to, SPC members only? If my memory is failing, I >apologize. If my memory is correct, and the guidelines are not available >to the Ada community at large, I don't think you should post this note >on a public newsgroup. > >If the guidelines are available to all, why not post the draft somewhere >so we can ftp the document and get a look? You can go out to a bookstore and buy the current book. That seems pretty available to me. That would appear to be (loosely speaking) "the draft" of the next revision. Maybe I missed some thread here... I think that this issues is as appropriate for this public newsgroup as lots of the other stuff that's gone on lately. :-) -- Karl --
simmons@software.org (Elisa Simmons) (04/18/91)
From article <3069@sparko.gwu.edu>, by mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman): > If the guidelines are available to all, why not post the draft somewhere > so we can ftp the document and get a look? > The book is available for sale on the market. The publisher is Van Norstrand Reinhold (ISBN 0-442-23805-3). We don't own the publishing rights, so we can't post it. Lisa Simmons simmons@software.org Software Productivity Consortium 2214 Rock Hill Road Herndon, VA 22070
mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) (04/18/91)
In article <9104170045.AA22455@grebyn.com> karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) writes: >In article <3069@sparko.gwu.edu> Mikey Feldman writes: ^^^^^ Sheesh! Even my mother can't get away with that anymore! :-) >>Hmmm. Didn't I read somewhere that these guidelines are intended for, >>and were distributed to, SPC members only? If my memory is failing, I >>apologize. If my memory is correct, and the guidelines are not available >>to the Ada community at large, I don't think you should post this note >>on a public newsgroup. >You can go out to a bookstore and buy the current book. That seems pretty >available to me. That would appear to be (loosely speaking) "the draft" of >the next revision. Maybe I missed some thread here... Obviously I was thinking of something else. I guess my memory was failing. I stand corrected. Mike(y)
jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) (04/18/91)
A plug: myself and many others believe that this style guide is the finest one that is generally available. We take issue with some minor points, and we have an internal guide we prefer--but compared to all OTHERS we have reviewed, this is by far the best of the bunch. Congratulations are in order to the authors. -- * The opinions expressed herein are my own, except in the realm of software * * engineering, in which case I borrowed them from incredibly smart people. * * * * Rational: cutting-edge software engineering technology and services. *