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: 103376,5f7d72bde5bb96de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-03-26 03:48:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <40641888.80000@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is 3.15p -still- the latest GNAT 'p' release? References: <87wu5834r2.fsf@insalien.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:48:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.0.14 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1080301712 209.165.0.14 (Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:48:32 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:48:32 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6549 Date: 2004-03-26T11:48:32+00:00 List-Id: Even if 3.15p is a little old, it seems to me that there wouldn't really be much reason to complain about it. It works quite well and has a lot of features and, since we're talking about a compiler for a computer language, how much more does it really need to do? If the language changes - sure - there's cause to want a new release. If ACT increases their library of utilities, again, there's cause to want the new libraries - but that's almost a separate product in the sense that it would likely work with an older version of the compiler. You could probably freeze 3.15p and never make another release and still have a perfectly usable product. Have we been conditioned by Microsoft to think that unless we get a new release every quarter we are somehow missing out on something we absolutely have to have? MDC Ludovic Brenta wrote: > > There are 3 "branches" of GNAT: (1) the stable, official, "p" (public) > releases under GMGPL, (2) the "GNAT Pro" releases offered only to > paying customers, and (3) GCC. The Ada front-end in GCC has been > available since GCC 3.1, but is not as stable as GNAT 3.15p. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "Face it ladies, its not the dress that makes you look fat. Its the FAT that makes you look fat." -- Al Bundy ======================================================================