ARM vs. LRM vs. ... (was: Re: How to convert characters in a string into integers ?)

[Tucker Taft <stt@avercom.net>]

Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> I don't have the original paper copy handy, but FWIW, the online version at:
> http://archive.adaic.com/standards/83lrm/html/ada_lrm.html clearly titles
> the manual as "Ada '83 Language Reference Manual". In contrast, the page at:
> http://www.adaic.org/standards/95lrm/html/RM-Ttl.html shows the title for
> the Ada95 reference manual as: "Ada Reference Manual". I believe this is why
> originally, we called it the "LRM", but with Ada95 it became the "ARM".

I am told Jean Ichbiah hated the term "LRM" -- he preferred simply "RM" (reminds
me of the country club in Boston called "The Country Club" -- under "T" in
the phone book!).

For Ada 95, we didn't want to offend the hater(s?) of the term "LRM," and perhaps
were willing to recognize the presence of other languages, so using "ARM" became
natural.  Of course, then we added an annotated version, which became
known as "AARM."

> 
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> "Jerry Petrey @west.raytheon.com>" <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:3C5FF78B.D3E73A94@west.raytheon.com...
> >
> > LRM was the common term for the Ada 83 Reference Manual back at the time I
> got
> > involved with Ada in the late 80's.
> >

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