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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,60dd4fe7723c0ef X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Ada Core Technologies announces GNATCOM Date: 2000/04/09 Message-ID: <2000Apr9.073658.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 608676313 References: <8coc5e$do2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Trace: news.decus.org 955280221 22698 KILGALLEN [216.44.122.34] Organization: LJK Software Reply-To: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-04-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@bix.com writes: >> > C_Pass_By_Copy or Unchecked_Union ... >> >> These are not exactly GNAT specific, they are implemented >> in most Ada 95 compilers, ... > > What is the status of those as *official* modifications to the > Ada standard? I try to keep up with this newsgroup, and I have not heard anything about any current official venue for creating a next generation of the standard. Conventional wisdom is that when a new generation of the standard is created, those doing so should look first to widely implemented add-ons to the current standard. Given statements by Robert Dewar in the past, it seems unlikely ACT has attempted to Patent any such additions :-)