Ada Core Technologies and Ada95 Standards

["W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" <wwgrol@PSESERV3.FW.HAC.COM>]

Having used Acme and Hyper, I'm certainly in favor of compiler quality.
(Names changed to protect the guilty.)

One of the parties to this debate was surprised no one else had spoken.
Well, I've got a reputation as a big mouth to maintain, so here goes....

Point One:
But I'm certainly against the United States government meddling in things
any more than it already does!  Especially in something that affects many
people in other countries.

Point Two:
We (Adaphiles in general, no one in particular) complain that Ada is not
getting the respect it deserves from the commercial world.  We won't
change that situation by mandating that all vendors explode the cost of
their tools by expensive testing.  Many of these potential commercial
customers don't test their own product.  Why would they want to pay to
test the compiler?

Point Three:
I think KG has missed an important point that RKBD has failed to mention--
the DoD's goal in mandating validation has nothing to do with quality.
Validation assures the DoD that they are using "ONE language" instead of
123* very similar languages.
   *how many vendors are there?


The fly returns to the wall.....


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