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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Ada 83 - Sometimes still chosen
Date: 1999/03/25
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In article <7dbvd6$56q$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
	robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote:

in response to my observation about the continuation of Ada 83,

>And almost certainly it will still be Ada 95 code, seeing
>as Ada 95 is almost exactly upwards compatible with Ada 83

 On some projects some programming managers feel it is appropriate 
 to freeze even the version of the compiler used to develop some 
 long-lived software product.  That is, once the satellite is 
 deployed, all updates will be made using exactly the same language
 and version of the compiler used for the original development.  

 Richard Riehle
 richard@adaworks.com
 http://www.adaworks.com