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: 103376,7d14d8f47ca035bf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-04 10:02:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!not-for-mail From: "Ayende Rahien" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Generic vs. C++ Templates Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:49:47 +0200 Organization: (Posted via) GTS Netcom - Public USENET Service http://pubnews.netcom.net.uk Sender: ayende@softhome.net Message-ID: <9afjmp$hud$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> References: <3AC8E799.189EE51C@bigfoot.com> <3ACA4A12.9FC665D5@bigfoot.com> <3ACB4A1B.1AC1ACF7@boeing.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: diup-180-52.inter.net.il X-Trace: taliesin.netcom.net.uk 986403360 18381 213.8.180.52 (4 Apr 2001 16:56:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@corp.netcom.net.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.60.2296.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.60.2296.0000 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6461 Date: 2001-04-04T18:49:47+02:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3ACB4A1B.1AC1ACF7@boeing.com... > Francois Godme wrote: > > > > Even more, now that the language has been written down as a standard, what can stop > > the convergence of the C++ compilers to the standard? > > The desire of C++ compiler vendors to tie users to their compilers. This is self evident by the fact that you can't pass ".h" files around C++ compilers (usually).