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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c9d5fc258548b22a X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!193.201.147.78.MISMATCH!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.84.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.wiretrip.org!news.dizum.com!sewer-output!mail2news From: Anonymous Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address? References: <4d52d7d9$0$18057$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> Message-ID: <141301266d6fda6148bb1b1a7523c20f@remailer.paranoici.org> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 23:31:14 +0100 (CET) Mail-To-News-Contact: abuse@dizum.com Organization: mail2news@dizum.com Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:18152 Date: 2011-02-09T23:31:14+01:00 List-Id: > You cannot use the word "requirements" as if it is simple. > What are the requirements of an Ada compiler? I submit that > specifying the requirements of a program is identical to > writing that program, and you are only fooling yourself if > you believe otherwise. The Ada language specification and standard are the requirements. They did a really good job, perhaps the best in computing history. Ada is more portable than any language I've seen. I can type in examples from books starting in 1983 and they all run without error.