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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_NUMERIC_TLD autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c3d0e99376a4f379 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net!not-for-mail From: "Stuart" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <1187235764.909133.180650@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> <46c49e6e$1_6@news.bluewin.ch> <46c56070$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> <46c9516a$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> <46ca9b4e$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> <4mRyi.48124$ax1.20564@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: History of Ada - was Interested about number crunching in Ada Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:24:09 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Message-ID: <46cd6ac8$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: glkas0286.greenlnk.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 20.133.0.1 X-Trace: 1187868259 news.gradwell.net 640 dnews/20.133.0.1:53082 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@gradwell.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1540 Date: 2007-08-23T12:24:09+01:00 List-Id: "anon" wrote in message news:4mRyi.48124$ax1.20564@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > Just for your information! The information that I used came from a > Walnut Creek Ada CDROM, Nov 90 (Personal copy). A copyrighted and > licensed CD by Walnut Creek CDROM. Thank you for the reference. > Note: The DOS (MSDOS or IBM DOS) version, allowed one to use the > "pragma NO_RUN_TIME ;" to create a bootable stand-alone Ada > program. But when Microsoft drop DOS so did GNAT drop its DOS > version, bassically making the pragma functionally obsolete. For ref: the current version of GNAT supports a "No Run Time" option (GNORT) - and many other compiler supporting the embedded market provide minimal (or no) run time system options. The NYU DOS compiler (Ada/Ed) is still available on various archives of the PAL - it is identified as freeware (as in free beer). This does not seem to square with your early statements regarding DEC broad ownership of critical language related libraries - so may not be the one you are referring to! > Also, as most ITs will tell you all web sites can be attacked or Hacked > into. Just like SCO was during the firstpart of it legal battle with IBM. > Also IT's can tell you there is no information on a web site that is > absolute safe from hacker either. So, how can one FULLLY TRUST what > is published on a web page if any good hacker can alter that web page. I think many would agree with you that people need to be very wary about taking everything you read on the internet/usenet as 'true' (mind you the same can be said of many things found in more conventional printed matter). This is one reason why it is essential to understand the provenance of any claims made - particularly any that are challenging widely accepted viewpoints. Similarly, if one aims to seriously refute a widely respected source of information there is a need for a well-constructed challenge. -- Stuart