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-Thread: 103376,6609c40f81b32989 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!feeder.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Charmed Snark Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:13:16 +0000 (UTC) Organization: The Snarky Insanitorium Message-ID: References: <4bb9c72c$0$6990$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4bbb3f22$0$7660$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <3bf0eb74-306c-48c4-b5ab-858d88b4079d@s9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> <4bbe21b1$0$6759$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> Injection-Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:13:16 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: feeder.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9f8M0iN5t54V+4DF/iqO8g"; logging-data="21776"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+OaqiQ9q12p9MH1GSvLu87InT/dJJe4Eg=" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 X-Face: &6@]C2>ZS=NM|HE-^zWuryN#Z/2_.s9E|G&~DRi|sav9{E}XQJb*\_>=a5"q]\%A;5}LKP][1mA{gZ,Q!j Cancel-Lock: sha1:ptP8AE9lQ2vPL8DD6V4Zi5f9BxA= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9941 comp.lang.fortran:22245 Date: 2010-04-08T20:13:16+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus expounded in news:4bbe21b1$0$6759$9b4e6d93 @newsspool3.arcor-online.net: > On 4/8/10 6:40 PM, Warren wrote: > >> Speaking of 2005, I wouldn't mind acquiring a book on >> the essential elements of the 2005 features in Ada, >> [...] >> >> There must be a digestable summary on the net somewhere. >> Resources? > > The Ada Rationale would be one such resource. > http://www.adaic.org/standards/rationale05.html Thanks. Someone else emailed me about that as well, and so I went back and took a more serious look at it (my lazy- my bad). There is indeed a good summary of the change there. Some very happy changes in there! Warren