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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,72d0d0a56877b2ed X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-27 05:57:10 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!src.dec.com!crl.dec.com!jac.zko.dec.com!i.enet.dec.com!brett From: brett@i.enet.dec.com (Bevin R. Brett) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada83 or DEC Ada: Feature or bug? Date: 27 SEP 94 07:35:11 EST Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Message-ID: <36905k$im5@jac.zko.dec.com> References: <360ecv$kq1@hacker.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: I Date: 1994-09-27T07:35:11-05:00 List-Id: If there was ONE decision in DEC Ada V1.0 that I would get a chance to undo, it would be the silly way we did UNSIGNED_* and especially UNSIGNED_LONG. We have had more grief from this than any other 'feature'. But we can't change it because that would be an upperwards-incompatible change, and our commitment to our existing customers negates our desire to fix it for our new ones,. /Bevin