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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,15267b2c375b45c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-26 08:35:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!peernews-us.colt.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3F92BEAA.9030004@comcast.net> <3F97EBFD.8040901@comcast.net> <3F9879DA.6070205@comcast.net> <3F995D12.5040200@comcast.net> <3F9AB5E9.6060809@comcast.net> <3F9AE6F2.4040108@noplace.com> <3F9AE95F.3090404@comcast.net> <3F9AEB09.9020102@noplace.com> <3F9BCDE0.1070704@noplace.com> Subject: Re: Ada Component Registry proposal X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:34:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.81.16 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1067186098 141.149.81.16 (Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:34:58 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:34:58 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1700 Date: 2003-10-26T16:34:58+00:00 List-Id: Yeah, it's a step in the right direction :-). I just emailed him again to arrange another phone call if he can. I also stated questions and issues (as in what we'd like from vendors in general). so he can answer them if he can't call me...so we'll see tomorrow or tuesday :-). -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:3F9BCDE0.1070704@noplace.com... > Well, that's something. ACT is probably the most active in enhancing > their Ada product - I don't know what the other vendors are up to or if > they anticipate making any significant enhancements to their compiler at > all. If ACT were driving it and it was available for other vendors to > adopt, that might be a suitable way to go. > > It might be a good idea to get a read on the relative interest of other > vendors and some fix on how actively they are developing their compiler. > That's where the ARG could be useful - if a vendor has a representative > on the ARG, they are probably interested in Ada's future, have some > willingness to extend their Ada product and could be asked to comment on > the interest in a library. If they don't have a representative on the > ARG, then its a good bet they aren't terribly interested in any future > enhancements to their Ada compiler - if they don't care enough about > major syntactic/semantic changes to Ada, then they almost certainly > won't care about a relatively lesser thing like a library. > > One other thing the ARG would be good for - comment on what is already > planned or likely to be planned for the next issue of Ada. I had heard > talk of a file system interface package and probably some additional > things, but I don't know that there is a current plan to have any sort > of containers. They might conceivably comment on two other issues: 1) If > Ada were to get a CAL, what should the first area(s) of priority be? > (Containers? Math? Network? OS?...) 2) Are there any criteria they would > find important in ultimately accepting or rejecting a CAL as being "part > of Ada"? (Style issues? Domain issues? Platform issues? - Basically what > sorts of things might get the CAL shot down and rejected.) > > Since we have an ARG member (or two, or three...) listening in - maybe > there's some comment? Say something to me off line if you'd prefer to > discuss it out of the public eye. (See my return address in the .SIG) > > MDC > > Stephane Richard wrote: > > Well I talked to ACT quickly, I'm still waiting for a phone call which it > > looks like I'll have to remind them of it seems :-). But nonetheless, they > > did recognize the effort, they do follow c.l.a. pretty good, now to wait for > > em to say something. but I need to talk to that dude first. Guess at the > > time it was too early to pronounce themselves but they didn't categorically > > reject it either (so far). Maybe all they are waiting for is something to > > look at (hence what Robert is doing) so they can see how it is planned to > > work, give them a basis of an idea of what it might look like and as Robert > > said how easily usable it is as far as concepts goes. > > > > I'll get in touch with them again monday probably. > > > > > -- > ====================================================================== > Marin David Condic > I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ > My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm > > Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g > > "So if I understand 'The Matrix Reloaded' correctly, the Matrix is > basically a Microsoft operating system - it runs for a while and > then crashes and reboots. By design, no less. Neo is just a > memory leak that's too hard to fix, so they left him in... The > users don't complain because they're packed in slush and kept > sedated" > > -- Marin D. Condic > ====================================================================== >