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From: brucej@SSD.HARRIS.COM (Bruce Jones)
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Subject: ARTEWG
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Date: 20 Dec 89 04:17:07 GMT
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In article <7475@hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu writes:
>
>   At Tri-Ada '89, Sholom Cohen told me that the Numerics Working group
>   took about eight years to come up with a standard math package, and 
>   that the Ada Run-Time Environment Working Group also required about
>   eight years to come up with a standard run-time environment package.

>   These should make it into Ada 9X, and should take care of some of the
>   remaining portability problems.  

The ARTEWG's "standard" runtime environment package is called the Model
Runtime System Interface (MRTSI).  As the MRTSI only provides support for 
the existing Ada RM,  it is already in some sense "in" Ada 9x Since the 
MRTSI only specifies the interface between the Ada compiler and the Ada RTE,  
it is unlikely that it will be added to the RM during the Ada 9x process.

The MRTSI therefore does not solve any portability problems,  as we all
know that the green book is already completely portable. :>

Application developers,  especially those with real-time constraints,  face
many problems not addressed by either the green book or the MRTSI.  To meet 
these needs,  the ARTEWG is pursuing two parallel tracks;  we are contributing 
to the Ada 9x process,  and are continuing to develop the ARTEWG's set of 
"extensions" to the standard Ada RTE,  the Catalog of Interface Features and 
Options (CIFO).

The next version of the CIFO is in the process of being prepared.   Several
important topics remain under investigation and discussion,  including
task scheduling,  distributed Ada,  security,  multiprogramming,  and 
many more.  We expect this new version of the CIFO to appear long before
validated Ada 9x compilers,  and thus serve as a short-term solution to 
application needs.

BLATANT PLUG:  The next meeting of the ARTEWG is scheduled for January 30th
through February 2nd in sunny and warm Fort Lauderdale,  Florida.  Members
of the Ada community interested in contributing to the ongoing work of
the ARTEWG are more than welcome to attend the meeting.  Drop me some email
if you are interested in attending.

SECOND BLATANT PLUG:  Copies of the MRTSI,  the CIFO and the other
published ARTEWG documents are available.  Again,  drop me some email if
you are interested.

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Bruce Jones                               brucej@ssd.csd.harris.com, 
ARTEWG member and chubby programmer       jonesb@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu,
Harris Computers, Fort Lauderdale, FL     ..!uunet!hcx1!brucej