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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6e9700a33963193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: SpamSpamSpam Subject: Re: The future of Ada Date: 1999/03/31 Message-ID: <3701DACE.CD6A89DC@spam.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 461086770 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <36E690FA.4B9C@sandia.gov> <36fbd229.1390755@news.demon.co.uk> <36fcbe32.0@news1.jps.net> <7di6r6$bhd@drn.newsguy.com> <7diro7$1jo$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7dj8vi$2qi@drn.newsguy.com> <36FFAC73.F8B69D31@nospam.lmco.com> <7doiu3$m03$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <370075B2.63D03A21@spam.com> <7dqap0$6i1$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3700B60A.328AA9E0@spam.com> <7dr1f4$qhu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: spameater Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: spamwithchipsplease@spam.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dewar@gnat.com wrote: > There is no version 3.12a. The current release of GNAT > Professional is 3.12b2, and the public release 3.11p is > essentially the same code base, so if you want to play with > GNAT sources, 3.11p is indeed the place to work from. I thought we'd previously agreed that 3.11b2 was the "commerical"version on which the header files had been changed to 3.11p, and that the next beta release was to be 3.12a ? I'd hate to trawl back through dejanews to confirm this, so I take your word on this. Ques: whats the current "beta" and current "wave" ? > As is the case with EGCS, there is development going on > that is not yet released. You will of course have to merge > your changes in with new releases as we release them. No, going to call my version "millenium" and set up a supportcompany called "Instance Coffee's Quicker LTD" :-). Then I'm going to release it in a flurry of press releases making all sorts of claims for its ability to run on paper. Ofcourse, I'm going to have to find a way to protect my greatest company ASSET which of course ( bar my customers ) is not my linux box, or office or phone, but my KNOWLEDGE of "millenium". To this end I'm going to restrict as much as possible external knowledge, to the point even of employing those who make a significant contribution. The last thing I want ( as I'm going to make a living from it) is for other "support" companies (such as Rational, Greenhills ?) to pick it up and run. > P.S. I suggest that if you really want people to take you > seriously, you be willing to at least say who you are, and > provide an appropriate email address: Robert, My identity is given away by the static node addresses from which I post. My "demon" account ( You need to be over 18 and optionally pop a happy pill to read it though ) gives my personal email to those who root around. I make my living in the Ada development world, and its a small world for dealing in opinion. > P.P.S. If you really do want to try your "sloppy" > suggestion, I would recommend you use some unused -gnat? > switch, you will find it much less work, and it will be > more consistent. I sure you have a list of (better and more worthy) additions toAda95 which could come alive under "-gnat2K" :-) > Give it a try, it is quite a realistic project. Thanks for the encouragement and pointers. I shall undertake itas a "home project" on 3.11p, the learning curve is the problem, but I hope the payback in Ada95 knowledge from studying the front end will be worth the time investment, and demonstrated by the implementation of a dubious switch :( Que: "Sympathy for the Devil" lyrics.