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,f44e8b91bd1d669d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-19 14:01:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!59ce1190!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CE812B1.492EF78E@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Unusual syntax References: <5ee5b646.0205170201.2582c8ef@posting.google.com> <3CE55D49.70638FEE@acm.org> <5ee5b646.0205182030.45ade229@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:01:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.18.62 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1021842110 63.184.18.62 (Sun, 19 May 2002 14:01:50 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:01:50 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24385 Date: 2002-05-19T21:01:50+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > Jeffrey Carter wrote in message news:<3CE55D49.70638FEE@acm.org>... > > > > Was this not in Ada 80? > > Yes indeed, but this was not a standard. The first standard > was 1983, nearly 20 years ago. Ada 80 was MIL-STD-1815, 1980 Dec. Sounds like a (MIL) standard to me. > > What was the exact date of the issuance of Ada 83. > Shall we have an anniversary party, or perhaps a reunion. > I would be willing to host such a party for all those > involved at the time :-) ARM 83 (ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A) is dated 1983 Feb 17. Somebody named "R. Dewar" is mentioned in the Foreword. -- Jeff Carter "You empty-headed animal-food-trough wiper." Monty Python & the Holy Grail