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: 103376,30a9bb3017fa58dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,959627a08fbc77c5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) Date: 1999/04/26 Message-ID: <1999Apr25.201259.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 470853216 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eisner.decus.org References: <3718ccb6.3581307@news.mindspring.com> <3718d384.254178@news.pacbell.net> <1999Apr20.073527.1@eisner> <7fi2k3$lv9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371C99DD.F15ADC4B@spam.com> <7fkkoi$ui$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371DF7CE.C7D7C1F@spam.com> <1999Apr21.142617.1@eisner> <371E2F2A.662C8F4F@spam.com> <7fndu7$im4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371F8B02.9BD7045F@spam.com> <7fomsh$p8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <86lnfjx5rx.fsf@coulee.tdb.com> <7fq3ad$9k$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a509d0d9@aasaa.ofe.org> X-Trace: news.decus.org 925085582 4497 KILGALLEN [192.67.173.2] Organization: Digital Equipment Computer User's Society Followup-To: <37234dca.a509d0d9@aasaa.ofe.org> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1999-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Reply-To: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam Organization: LJK Software Lines: 16 In article <37234DCA.A509D0D9@aasaa.ofe.org>, David Starner writes: > I still don't understand the great worries about GNAT beta versions > getting distributed. Neither do I, but people keep bringing this up in comp.lang.ada as a political football, without anyone coming up with a single example where there has been a problem with the current system of releasing only software that has received the fuller testing. As an Ada fan, I would much prefer the versions of Ada available (from all sources) were as defect-free as possible, so those who are not already firmly in the Ada camp will not get disuaded by encountering defects. Larry Kilgallen