Ada Mandate / Ada95 validation (was Re: ada for pc(dos an linux))

Ada Mandate / Ada95 validation (was Re: ada for pc(dos an linux))

[Paul Hepworth]

Just trying to get the topic in line with the discussion :)

>> > As far as policy goes, AJPO policy is that the period until March 1997
>> > is a technology transition period, where new Ada compilers can be validated
>> > against either the Ada83 or Ada95 standard.  DoD policy, expressed in
>> > directive 3405-1, currently only allows Ada83.  And NIST, the sole authority
>> > for US Government language standards apparently removed its logo from
>> > current Ada95 validation certificates on the grounds that the Ada95
>> > validation suite 2.0 is only about half complete.
>> Dan, could you explain a bit more about what is going on with NIST and Ada
>> 95 validation? Also, my reading of 3405.1 seems to imply that everyone
>> should now be using Ada 95 since that is now Ada, although it is not yet
>> desirable or even possible for everyone to use Ada 95.
> 
> I'd like to know this as well. I'm hearing a growing confusion over 
> which version of the language is now "mandated". I'm even hearing some 
> wishful-thinking C folks claim that the mandate is now invalid because
> of the language transition. It would be nice to know what the status of
> the "Ada Mandate" is. It seems there may now be a hole in it large
> enough to drive a truck through.