Re: Is it Ada 2005 or Ada 2007?

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Jerry writes:
> I have seen the "new" Ada referred to as both Ada 2005 and Ada 2007.
> When referring to the new standard and without referring to any
> particular implementation of it, which is correct or preferred? I sort
> of understand that the standard wasn't agreed to until 2007 but that
> might not be the defining event. Is there an official designation or
> are left to our own devices to call it what we want?

Formally, it is "ISO/IEC 8652:1995(E) with Corrigendum 1 and Amendment
1".

Officially informally (!), it is "Ada 2005" because ARM 3.1/2 says so.
That is the result of a majority agreement between the members of the
working group, most of whom are compiler vendors.

Some people call it "Ada 2007" because the ISO formally approved and
published Amendment 1 in 2007.

Some people call it "Ada".

Some people call it "Amendment 1".

It doesn't really matter, except perhaps to marketeers.  Are there any
in the Ada business?

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.