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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d875f8fc1f73cf09 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-04 00:39:14 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Compiling AFLEX 1.4a with Dec Ada 83 3.5-20 on Open VMS 7.1 Message-ID: <1tKKuLbQ8cFm@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <9bsm5c$khe$1@uranium.btinternet.com> <9c1avq$mr9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3AF000FC.2E00D5F0@NOSPAMcompaq.com> <9cp2to$gkf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9cpd6o$kgg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9cq06u$qmp$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9crr5a$h37$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software Date: 3 May 2001 15:53:49 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 988919632 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 03 May 2001 19:53:52 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 19:53:52 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7134 Date: 2001-05-03T15:53:49-05:00 List-Id: In article <9crr5a$h37$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" writes: > Yes, that's true. But typically you freeze on a specific version of the > compiler out of fear that any changes made to it will only screw things up. > (Or at least require huge amounts of regression testing!) Maybe you take > maintenance releases that fix known bugs, but the minute you start buying > into new features, you might as well be taking a new compiler. It depends on the "new feature" in question. One was the ability to run on the lastest processors (EV6 at the time). Nothing for customers to change in their code. > Of course there are always portability issues that might keep you from > moving to a different brand of compiler. (Hopefully Ada/Software > Engineering/Common Sense got the pain down to a minimum.) I see your point, > but I'm wondering what is in it for Compaq? If it were me, I'd provide > maintenance support to keep my existing customers happy, but I'd put any That is what they do. The string package is an abberation.