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: 103376,7e3f2390630f30a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Marin David Condic Subject: Re: URGENT: year 2000 compliance Date: 1999/08/24 Message-ID: <37C2B241.AEBAF43@pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 516601318 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: condicma@bogon.pwfl.com References: <935487077.548895@dedale.pandemonium.fr> <1999Aug24.083926.1@eisner> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Pratt & Whitney Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: e108678@pwflcom Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-08-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article <935487077.548895@dedale.pandemonium.fr>, "=:-) Vincent" writes: > > Does anybody know if GNAT 3.10p is Y2K compliant ? > > If you are looking for a vendor to warrant Y2K behavior, > then you need something other than the "p" (public, free, > unsupported) version. > I thought that ACT had put up a statement about Y2K compliance on their web page which - if all you care about is a warm-fuzzy feeling about the compiler - ought to move you to the comfort zone. If you're looking for some sort of guarantee or legal recourse, I'd think you would need a support contract. > > If you just care about "easily discovered bugs" then > the test program offered may be adequate. > I think Y2K compliance would involve more than issues about the correctness of the package Calendar or any other generated-code problems. It would also involve the compilation system itself, since this utilizes timestamps to determine recompilation questions. I don't know how you would write a simple test program to check that out. It would seem you would have to run tests while rebooting the computer with different dates. MDC -- Marin David Condic Real Time & Embedded Systems, Propulsion Systems Analysis United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Large Military Engines M/S 731-95, P.O.B. 109600, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600 ***To reply, remove "bogon" from the domain name.*** Visit my web page at: http://www.mcondic.com/