From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b16c9883f36bc904 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: tmoran@bix.com Subject: Re: WinNT ADA compilers comparison Date: 2000/08/03 Message-ID: <%Kji5.37$lL5.39182@news.pacbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 654140706 References: X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 965331003 24.20.190.201 (Thu, 03 Aug 2000 12:30:03 PDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 12:30:03 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >I don't know if GNAT is going to change anytime soon; >Robert Dewar mentioned that there is a DEC patent on generic sharing which >implementors had to be cautious of. Find the date it was issued, and add >17 to get an idea of when we might hear talk of a generic sharing GNAT ;-) Janus Ada was using code sharing generics when I first used it about a dozen years ago (they targetted PCs, which then had small RAM).