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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.36.77.195 with SMTP id l186mr5151482itb.40.1516813643516; Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:07:23 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.31.57 with SMTP id x54mr707828otd.1.1516813643412; Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:07:23 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!peer01.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!w142no145189ita.0!news-out.google.com!b73ni9621ita.0!nntp.google.com!g80no145010itg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:07:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2601:191:8303:2100:7466:f44c:da21:40b1; posting-account=fdRd8woAAADTIlxCu9FgvDrUK4wPzvy3 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2601:191:8303:2100:7466:f44c:da21:40b1 References: <942235344.537649945.074508.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <288039467.538377555.666858.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0576c038-2b5e-4c47-acd2-bab775e1d40a@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Five Years After From: Robert Eachus Injection-Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:07:23 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2570 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2499385502 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50105 Date: 2018-01-24T09:07:22-08:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 8:50:20 AM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote: > I've recently been told that Adacore no longer support VMS. I wonder > if this is a one-off or part of a larger cutback in the number of > platforms that Adacore are willing to support. Special case, I think. Ada Core was paid by DEC to support everything that= DEC Ada did, and Ada 95. This included support for DEC specific, non-ANSI= floating-point types. I can't imagine supporting those features without a= VAX to test on. Once you turn off your last VAX or Alpha? machine, you ca= n't test the VMS parts of the Ada Core port, even if there are still some u= sers. I suspect that the DoD was paying for VMS support somewhere, since certain = algorithms used by Cheyenne Mountain used those types. No big deal to chan= ge to IEEE standard types as long as all the software was updated together.= The DoD doesn't want to have an argument between different commands and C= heyenne Mountain about whether a particular missile targets a protected are= a or will miss. (There are/were VAXen in the various commands, like Southe= rn Command, and at ground launch sites, radar and other sensor sites, etc.) =20