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: 103376,1f2b6675d1185b30 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-22 03:36:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer!btnet!newsfeed.bt.es!newsfeed.telecable.es!andromeda From: plmenendez@asturlinux.org (Pedro Menendez) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Garbage collector on Ada? Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:37:18 GMT Organization: Telecable S.A. Message-ID: References: <3D1316EE.5570AB2A@nbi.dk> <3D132D6C.5050908@ib-paus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cm05355.telecable.es X-Trace: filemon1.isp.telecable.es 1024741955 1822 212.89.29.23 (22 Jun 2002 10:32:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@telecable.es NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:32:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26592 Date: 2002-06-22T10:37:18+00:00 List-Id: Thanx a lot for your answers. I found them very useful In article <3D132D6C.5050908@ib-paus.com>, "Dr. Michael Paus" wrote: >Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: >> Pedro Menendez wrote: >> >> >>>Is there any Ada implementation that uses a garbage collector? >> >> >> Yes. JGNAT (and maybe also others). >> >> >>>I thought so, but someone told me that it would be quite impossible > considering >>>Ada is a real-time language, but in case there were some garbage collector he >>>said that it wouldn't be a standard implementation >> >> >> Since the standard specifically allows garbage collectors, >> it would be very strange if it was impossible to implement. >> But it definitely appears to be atypical. what I mean is there any authoritative source that states this? the RM or MIL/STD ??? , for instance? is there any validated compiler with GC? >Just for curiosity. Has there ever been an Ada implementation besides JGNAT > which >uses a garbage collector? > >Michael regards Pedro Menendez Oviedo (Asturias) - Spain http://petra.euitio.uniovi.es/~i1641014