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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Ada means what version by default ?
Date: 1995/04/05
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references: <3ksv4s$f9e@news.uni-c.dk> <1995Mar28.115614.9511@eisner>
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Date: 1995-04-05T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <1995Apr4.210804.9579@eisner.decus.org>,
Larry Kilgallen <kilgallen@eisner.decus.org> wrote:

>I strongly disagree.  That language which has validated commercial
>compilers most widely available should be the default.

I think that is a reasonable expectation in this forum.

>Of course, in the spirit of Ada, it would seem that the version should
>be fully specified in all postings where it matters.

Certainly, but I'd like to try and extract a promise from all us regulars
that we won;t flame newbies who get it wrong. Please. Let's be polite
and helpful. THAT will aid Ada's acceptance in a big way.

Mike Feldman