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,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC, SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b504b0f1d6b36887 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: anon@anon.org (anon) Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2009 Reply-To: no to spamers (No@email.given.org) References: <_uWdnV4tyeVKPF_UnZ2dnUVZ8qSWnZ2d@giganews.com> X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 2.0 Message-ID: <21fyl.80009$4m1.70341@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:37:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.65.60.237 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1237941438 12.65.60.237 (Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:37:18 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:37:18 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5245 Date: 2009-03-25T00:37:18+00:00 List-Id: Might be true, but Java shows the oposite. In JAVA each newer release you will find some functions either altered or replaced. People do get upset but would they switch, not on their life. And that saying is more truer for the Ada programmer then all Java people combine. In , Martin writes: >On 24 Mar, 06:42, a...@anon.org (anon) wrote: >> I was talking about the files in gnat-gpl-2008-src.tgz which contains >> GPRMAKE. >> >> Since Robert Duff states that GPRMAKE is obsolete then why is GPRMAKE >> still there? > >Backwards compatibility...same as Annex J. Can you image the hassle >and bad-will you'd generate with your customers by just 'pulling' a >tool? > >Cheers >-- Martin