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: 103376,5f7d72bde5bb96de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-03-26 15:52:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.worldonline.be!not-for-mail From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is 3.15p -still- the latest GNAT 'p' release? Date: 27 Mar 2004 00:54:49 +0100 Organization: Worldonline Belgium Sender: lbrenta@deuteronomy Message-ID: <87ekrfyxiu.fsf@insalien.org> References: <87wu5834r2.fsf@insalien.org> <40641888.80000@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 83-134-237-107.lindthout.goplus.fastdsl.tiscali.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news.worldonline.be 1080345124 4791 83.134.237.107 (26 Mar 2004 23:52:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldonline.be NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:52:04 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6572 Date: 2004-03-27T00:54:49+01:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic writes: > Even if 3.15p is a little old, it seems to me that there wouldn't > really be much reason to complain about it. It works quite well and > has a lot of features and, since we're talking about a compiler for a > computer language, how much more does it really need to do? If the > language changes - sure - there's cause to want a new release. If ACT > increases their library of utilities, again, there's cause to want the > new libraries - but that's almost a separate product in the sense that > it would likely work with an older version of the compiler. You could > probably freeze 3.15p and never make another release and still have a > perfectly usable product. Have we been conditioned by Microsoft to > think that unless we get a new release every quarter we are somehow > missing out on something we absolutely have to have? Heh, I was refraining from saying just that for fear of looking like an emotional Ada bigot and Microsoft basher. Now there's two of us :) -- Ludovic Brenta.