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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.107.20.193 with SMTP id 184mr2860720iou.138.1516744658517; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:57:38 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.11.180 with SMTP id 49mr576547oth.5.1516744658418; Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:57:38 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!peer01.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!w142no2562683ita.0!news-out.google.com!b73ni8537ita.0!nntp.google.com!w142no2562681ita.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:57:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=188.146.99.114; posting-account=bMuEOQoAAACUUr_ghL3RBIi5neBZ5w_S NNTP-Posting-Host: 188.146.99.114 References: <942235344.537649945.074508.laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <292710c7-3520-406f-9e6b-1fb030ada211@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Five Years After From: Maciej Sobczak Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:57:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Body-CRC: 3289302736 X-Received-Bytes: 1893 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:50082 Date: 2018-01-23T13:57:38-08:00 List-Id: > Also having a validated compiler doesn't seem to matter as much as it did= in the last century. ;-) Interestingly, within the safety-critical domain, "validation" (or "qualifi= cation", which is a more specialized term) means more than ACATS tests can = offer, and outside of this domain nobody cares about it anyway. In some sen= se, this effort, even though very well-intended and representing an objecti= vely good engineering practice, was simply misplaced. --=20 Maciej Sobczak * http://www.inspirel.com