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,bbd8958c3e2ec19a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-29 11:40:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: comment: Ada 83-95 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: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 18:40:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.81.172 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1062182452 141.149.81.172 (Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:40:52 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:40:52 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41956 Date: 2003-08-29T18:40:52+00:00 List-Id: I have to agree Steph :-) -- St�phane Richard Senior Software and Technology Supervisor http://www.totalweb-inc.com For all your hosting and related needs "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:uwucwtn7y.fsf@nasa.gov... > Tom Moran writes: > > > I recently needed to write some utilities to run under 16 bit MSDOS > > (for data recovery of a badly damaged W2K NTFS disk), so I dug out an > > antique PC-AT class computer and used its Ada 83 compiler. > > I was surprised by the importance of some of the "little changes" > > in Ada 95 vs 83 like declaration order requirements, mixing named and > > "others" in aggregate assignments, limited 'image, and, of course, > > "use type". > > Yes, Ada 95 is a much better language than Ada 83, in lots of little > ways as well as the obvious big ones. But, you can compile almost all > Ada 83 source with an Ada 95 compiler. I think that's a remarkable > achievement by the Ada 95 team! > > -- > -- Stephe