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From: l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com (Garlington KE)
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Subject: Re: Ada 95 is the name
Date: 12 Dec 1994 14:50:51 GMT
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Jean D. Ichbiah (ichbiah@jdi.tiac.net) wrote:

:  There is no such thing as "Ada83/7":  I wrote the manual and you can
:  read it :  The language published in 1983 is called "Ada".  And now, 
: as you  read, the new language is called "Ada 95".

I've been curious about this, too. My copy of the draft Ada 95 manual just says
"Programming Language Ada" on the title page. The Foreword (at least in
draft 5.0) says, "ISO/IEC 8652 defines the Ada programming language, a
general-purpose language designed to support the construction of long-lived,
highly reliable software systems. This International Standard replaces the
previous version of 1987."

If this is so, shouldn't Ada mean The Latest Ada (at least as of 1995), and
Ada 95 and Ada 87 be the preferred form when referring to the current version
and the previous version in the same context?

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Ken Garlington                  GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com
F-22 Computer Resources         Lockheed Fort Worth Co.

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