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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7d14d8f47ca035bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-04 17:38:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.stealth.net!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3ACBBE65.D65BB767@worldnet.att.net> From: James Rogers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Generic vs. C++ Templates References: <3AC8E799.189EE51C@bigfoot.com> <3ACA4A12.9FC665D5@bigfoot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:35:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.75.143.203 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 986430945 12.75.143.203 (Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:35:45 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:35:45 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6484 Date: 2001-04-05T00:35:45+00:00 List-Id: Francois Godme wrote: > > Even more, now that the language has been written down as a standard, what can stop > the convergence of the C++ compilers to the standard? A related question coming to my mind is "What has kept the convergence of the C++ compilers to the standard up to this date?" As I recall, the GNAT compiler was certified as a correct and standard implementation of Ada95 within months of the standardization of Ada95. It has now been nearly four years since the standardization of C++. As of now, no compiler has been able to prove it properly implements the entire C++ standard. This lack of success cannot be simply attributed to compiler vendors' yearning for independence. I beleive the cause is the difficulties posed by the C++ standard itself. I am growing more pessimistic that compliant C++ a compiler will ever be produced. Jim Rogers Colorado Springs, Colorado USA