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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!newsfeed.xs3.de!io.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.109.57.220.176.mobile.3.dk!not-for-mail From: Jacob Sparre Andersen Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Five Years After Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:45:23 +0100 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: <87bmhx907w.fsf@jacob-sparre.dk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="109.57.220.176.mobile.3.dk:109.57.220.176"; logging-data="3405"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tBimXBm3IJ2ROnv8wk7BTMT/ePc= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:49890 Date: 2018-01-13T17:45:23+01:00 List-Id: Jeffrey R. Carter wrote: > In 2000, when ISO/IEC 8652:1995 was 5 years old, every compiler vendor > had a compiler for it. > > In 2012, when ISO/IEC 8652:2007 was 5 years old, about half of the > comiler vendors had a compiler for it. > > in 2017, when ISO/IEC 8652:2012 was 5 years old, one compiler vendor > had a compiler for it. > > Can we extrapolate and conclude that when Ada 2X is five years old, > there will be no compiler vendors with a compiler for it? Hopefully not. Greetings, Jacob -- »When Roman engineers built a bridge, they had to stand under it while the first legion marched across. If programmers today worked under similar ground rules, they might well find themselves getting much more interested in Ada!« -- Robert Dewar