For what it's worth, I have compiled the entire Ada83 Booch components with
gnat, and they all compile, except for (if memory serves me correctly) some
uses of the 'Small attribute in the Floating_Point_Utilities and possibly
the Integer_Utilities packages.

What Dave Weller says about their inefficiency is true -- and there are some
outright bugs which we fixed.  I am sure there must be others, because we
didn't use every package -- there are, as I recall, 501 packages.

Also, we found the Storage_Manager implementation to be a great source of
excessive
memory consumption -- because once the storage_manager gets some memory from
the system, it never gives it back.  This means that every instance has a
permanent memory requirement equal to the "high-water-mark."

-----Original Message-----
From: CATHERINE CHAPE <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 1:10 PM
Subject: ADA83 Booch Components Library


>     I am trying to obtain a listing/information on the old ADA83 Booch
>     Components library, assuming there was such a library. I only find
>     information on the new ADA95 library on the 'net' (www.rivatech site).
>
>     With respect to the new library, there seems to be a 'NOT VALIDATED"
>     disclaimer. I would like to be put in contact with someone who has
>     actually used and/or validated this library or some components
>     thereof.
>
>     The library is being considered for use on a real-time defense
>     application. The test routines included are appreciated, but are they
>     in any way exhaustive?  Is there any more complete documentation on
>     these routines?
>
>     I would appreciate any information or user contact information you
>     could provide me.
>
>     Thanks much.
>
>                                                C. CHAPE
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>