Re: OOC Core Library

[Guy Laden <laden@math.tau.ac.il>]

Hi,

Just some minor comments:
One problem with the modula-3 lib is that it makes use of exceptions
and genericity. I havent _used_ it, but from looking at the interfaces,
they seem simple and complete.
The lib definition document makes a good read and is at:
http://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/SRC/research-reports/abstracts/src-rr-113.html

A promising direction is the Ulm-Oberon library interfaces.
They are online at:
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/oberon/current/

At: http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/sai/borchert/
(The Ulm library designer's home-page) it reads:
"My main research area is library design for OO programming languages."
A free (btw:the Ulm compilr/libs are GPL'd), portable Oberon compiler and
library is a very sweet prospect  - perhaps enough to convince the Ulm
people to join the OOC effort. The contact there seems to be:
borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de.

Guy.