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,dde6aac006adccdd,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-26 13:28:58 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!spectre!emery From: emery@goldfinger.mitre.org (David Emery) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POSIX and Ada? Date: 26 Jan 1995 21:28:58 GMT Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA. Message-ID: References: <3g8v8j$hs2@newsroom.gsfc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: goldfinger.mitre.org In-reply-to: khoward@eos.hitc.com's message of 26 Jan 1995 20:04:35 GMT Date: 1995-01-26T21:28:58+00:00 List-Id: There are three current POSIX/Ada projects, along with a study group. 1. IEEE Project P1003.5a is producing a small update to the 1992 standard, mostly to fix some defects discovered since 1992. 2. IEEE Project P1003.5b (was P1003.20) is producing an Ada binding to the POSIX Real-Time extensions and to the POSIX Threads binding. This standard is currently in ballot. We'll probably 'merge' both P1003.5a and P1003.5b ballots, by producing a single document with sections noting things are in the .5a scope and things that are in the .5b scope. 3. Test Assertions to IEEE Std 1003.5-1992 is producing, as the title imples, a set of tests for .5. This work is being done by a group at Clemson using a technology that should support the automatic generation of a test suite for measuring .5 implementation conformance. This is something that we really need. There is a study group currently examining the possibilities of doing an Ada (95) binding to MOTIF. The primary issue with this work is the non-existence of any Ada95 bindings to MOTIF to use as a starting point. (Generally, IEEE standards should be based on existing practice, but this is not always the case...) dave emery (Editor, 1003.5-1992 and P1003.5 WG Vice-Chair, Interpretations) -- --The preceeding opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of --The MITRE Corporation or its sponsors. -- "A good plan violently executed -NOW- is better than a perfect plan -- next week" George Patton -- "Any damn fool can write a plan. It's the execution that gets you -- all screwed up" James Hollingsworth -------------------------------------------------------------------------