"Pascal Obry" <pascal@obry.net> wrote in message
news:42fa1f33$0$890$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr...
> Ludovic Brenta a �crit :
> > The next version is called Ada 200y, and I don't know when it
> > will be published.
>
> We know that it will be called Ada 2005 now. This is settled.

Not at all. All that is settled is that it will be called that until the
standard is published (just like the previous version was called "Ada 9X"
until it was published). At that point, the topic will be revisted.

I think it is a mistake to use the same name before and after publication of
the standard, because in that case it is impossible to tell whether
articles, web pages, etc. are based on earlier drafts or on the final
thing -- and there typically are enough differences that it will matter.

Personally, I think it is a mistake to use a particular year in the name
until it is standardized, and I'll be using "Ada 200Y" in my personal
correspondence. (Of course, in official documents, I'll use whatever I'm
required to do.) And, in any case, the official name of the language is and
will remain "Ada", and that's all that's needed for the general public.
(Only in places with lots of existing Ada users, like here, is it necessary
to tell the difference.)

                                Randy.