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: 2002-05-18 21:30:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Unusual syntax Date: 18 May 2002 21:30:51 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0205182030.45ade229@posting.google.com> References: <5ee5b646.0205170201.2582c8ef@posting.google.com> <3CE55D49.70638FEE@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1021782651 7610 127.0.0.1 (19 May 2002 04:30:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 May 2002 04:30:51 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24365 Date: 2002-05-19T04:30:51+00:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter wrote in message news:<3CE55D49.70638FEE@acm.org>... > Robert Dewar wrote: > > > > But here is a constructive suggestion. Get an online version of the RM. When > > you find something that surprises you, it is often trivial to track it down > > with a search, as in this case, you could just search for ! and immediately > > find the reference to this language features (which has been around in the > > standard for nearly 20 years now!) > > Was this not in Ada 80? Yes indeed, but this was not a standard. The first standard was 1983, nearly 20 years ago. 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 :-)