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From: Dave Wood <dpw@thomsoft.com>
Subject: Re: C++ Standardization (was: Once again,
 Ada absent from DoD SBIR solicitation)
Date: 1996/10/11
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David Shochat wrote:
> 
> Stanley R. Allen wrote:
> >
> > C++ is still not ISO standardized, but many in the C++
> > community expect that it will be either this year or
> > early next.
> 
> According to the FAQ list for comp.std.c++ at
> http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html#B8
> 
> ISO standardization will happen 12/98, assuming all remaining votes
> succeed.
> 
> In this context, I never cease to be amazed at the way people question
> the use of GNAT on the grounds that it isn't formally validated for the
> Sun ...

Not true.  ObjectAda passed full core language validation some time ago
on Sun SPARC/Solaris.

> And then suggest C++!
> 
> People who seem perfectly sane otherwise.
> -- David

-- Dave Wood
-- Product Manager, ObjectAda for Windows
-- Thomson Software Products
-- http://www.thomsoft.com