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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6e70c13232dc4a26 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe) Subject: Re: logarithms on ada Date: 1997/03/11 Message-ID: <3325aa1d.685903@news.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 224729456 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: assen.demon.co.uk References: <5fcqrs$ius@panther.Gsu.EDU> <331c6ce7.856445@news.demon.co.uk> <33205b8c.1147493@news.demon.co.uk> <332333b3.43429911@news.demon.co.uk> <332452f0.2520508@news.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) wrote: >John McCabe said > > You misunderstand what I'm saying here - it's not that *projects* are > slow to adapt, it's that they don't adapt at all. > >That's much too great a generalization. We are finding a lot of projects >that do want to adapt to Ada 95 over time. Perhaps one of the most >dramatic examples of this is the significant demand for a port of >GNAT to the VAX from several large projects. These are certainly >not projects that are furiously adapting to the latest hardware, >but they see the move to Ada 95 as a way of getting more milage >out of existing hardware on an existing project. Seems to be some subtlety here on what is and isn't a project. My comments have tended to restrict a project to something that starts, goes on to produce a specific piece of equipment, then ends - basically a bespoke software / hardware item whereas you seem to be considering more of a product based thing. >Of course there are projects that will not adapt at all, but we are >surprised how many projects are switching to at least some use of >Ada 95 in mid-stream. > > Well I have a copy of GNAT 3.05 for DOS, one for Solaris and a copy of > the NT version 3.04, but I am not using them so your conclusion here > is not guaranteed. > >I am talking about people who pick up more than one version for the same >target, so you would not be on that particular radar screen! > Ok, so I've also got a copy of GNAT 3.03 and 3.04 for DOS, and 2.07 for Sun Sparc that I don't use :-) Best Regards John McCabe