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-Thread: 103376,62a76f7157243e61 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.tiscali.fr!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!news.astraweb.com!border1.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!feeder2.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!not-for-mail From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is it Ada 2005 or Ada 2007? References: <1193782578.950217.150590@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:49:03 +0100 Message-ID: <878x5kcgeo.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WcGIkkuo1Q3BERSrfE/Pnmluo5c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Tele2 X-Trace: DXC=CGN6GiSYYb`YI_IYkAMoOo6`Y6aWje^YjQ^kk60\4O3e@WAS81_gI6f>`3AhJZ0:LhV9]QRE>6MRb Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:2664 Date: 2007-10-31T00:49:03+01:00 List-Id: 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.