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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Ada Core Technologies announces GNATCOM
Date: 2000/04/09
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In article <2000Apr9.073658.1@eisner>,
  Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> Conventional wisdom is that when a new generation of the
> standard is created, those doing so should look first to
> widely implemented add-ons to the current standard.

Exactly, and the ARG activity is simply a forum for trying
to provide a little structure so that these additions are
carefully discussed, and uniformly implemented, making it
more likely that the above process will work right.

> Given statements by Robert Dewar in the past, it seems
> unlikely ACT has attempted to Patent any such additions :-)

Right, definitely no patents here. Actually in the case of
these two particular extensions (Unchecked_Union and
C_Pass_By_Copy, Ada Core Technologies was not the originator
of the names or the ideas).


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