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: 103376,4ef4f2b6e50a48c4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: tmoran@bix.com (Tom Moran) Subject: Re: What is ADA? Date: 1999/02/23 Message-ID: <36d2fc64.114800@news.pacbell.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 447598263 References: <36D10384.CB4925C8@GoAway.com> <7arno9$f8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36D2A554.88EF1F69@Maths.UniNe.CH> X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: typhoon-sf.pbi.net 919797031 206.170.2.253 (Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:10:31 PDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:10:31 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >To be clear: large programs, not small. If your program is >less than 10'000 lines, some compilers will refuse to compile >it: "Error at line 9702: End-of-file found. No serious >usage of Ada. No object file produced; please add stuff >and retry.". Another feature of Ada is the official validation suite. If a compiler doesn't pass it, for instance if it didn't compile procedure p is begin null;end p; as a legitimate Ada program, that compiler would fail validation and could not be called a "validated" Ada compiler. P.S. My personal sense of humor doesn't include teasing newcomers who may not realize their leg is being pulled.