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: 103376,6ad12e8f9aadf7c6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: John Walker Subject: Trademark is dead (was: Re: C is 'better' than Ada because...) Date: 1996/08/12 Message-ID: <199608121654.QAA25862@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 173846802 sender: Ada programming language comments: cc: Craig Franck newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In message <199608121350.NAA21842@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>, Automatic digest processor tells me that on Mon, 12 Aug 1996 01:33:29 GMT, Craig Franck wrote: >word Ada. In the book by Norman Cohen it states (page 8) that >the name "Ada" is a trade mark of the DOD and it's usage is >"strictly enforced". I take that to mean that if it doesn't >conform it *can not* be called an Ada compiler. It states you can work towards conformity and use the name, but thats an exeption. > >If I were to bid on a contract, tell the DOD I'm developing in Ada >and submit C++, I think they would call that "fraud". > >I think part of the resistance to Ada is C belongs to the world. >Ada belongs to the government! :-) > >If this has changed, please enlighten me! Enlightenment coming up: :) Check your date on that book. The trademark was abandoned in 1987. It was replaced by the "certification mark" that indicates that a compiler has been validated. And, indeed, folks would be annoyed if a vendor put the certification mark on an unvalidated compiler. But there *are* non-validated Ada compilers out there, and no one minds so long as they're not pushed as validated. Ada 81 was a MIL-STD only, Ada 83 was a joint ANSI/MIL standard, which ISO accepted in 1987; but Ada 95 is civilian-only (ANSI/ISO/FIPS). Vastly more enlightenment available on request. :) Or just check out the AdaIC Web site: http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us. take care, John AdaIC, 800/232-4211, 703/681-2466, fax: 703/681-2869 direct dial: 703/681-2472 (DSN: 761- )