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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.249.198 with SMTP id yw6mr47413787pac.35.1435069855171; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:30:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.46.102 with SMTP id j93mr138641qga.4.1435069854861; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:30:54 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feed.news.qwest.net!mpls-nntp-01.inet.qwest.net!216.166.98.85.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!j8no474675igd.0!news-out.google.com!k20ni3063qgd.0!nntp.google.com!z60no2860850qgd.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:30:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <58f64fa9-7d0b-44dd-870c-77d9afcb82c4@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.250.123.221; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.250.123.221 References: <4lrj5zz2u2z.u8x9cf7xzic6.dlg@40tude.net> <58f64fa9-7d0b-44dd-870c-77d9afcb82c4@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <20cb0651-27ba-40c7-9f14-8d7a03390649@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada design bug or GNAT bug? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:30:54 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:26430 Date: 2015-06-23T07:30:54-07:00 List-Id: > I regard the refusal to create a "class type", like Ichbiah wanted it At this point, we all know it was a mistake and the experiences of the last years and revisions have also showed areas were things can be simplified and improved. Perhaps it is time to rethink Ada not just add some more patches on and not worry about backward compatibility. David Botton