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,d6f7b92fd11ab291 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-17 12:47:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ed Falis Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Crosspost: Help wanted from comp.compilers Message-ID: <20030717154521.00e01c54.falis@verizon.net> References: <20030717141153.0746785b.falis@verizon.net> X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:47:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.154.71.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1058471274 141.154.71.51 (Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:47:54 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:47:54 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40431 Date: 2003-07-17T19:47:54+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 19:40:40 GMT tmoran@acm.org wrote: > IMHO, it's a design bug that -s isn't the default for gnatmake, > (and that -gnato isn't the default for something that calls itself > "The GNU Ada 95 Compiler"). Ok, note that I work for Ada Core, but these features and decisions precede my employment, and I really have no particular investment in them. I'm speaking as an individual here. "I don't like what was done, and wouldn't do it that way myself" is not the same thing as "This is a bug". Don't you think? "This is a bug" is a much stronger statement, and has to be made (IMO) relative to some generally accepted notion of "objective" criteria. In this case, I don't think labelling these default behaviors as bugs does stand up to that kind of scrutiny. I've worked for other Ada compiler companies that took different decisions, and I don't consider those decisions "bugs" either. - Ed