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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:1c3:: with SMTP id c3mr4712614qvt.144.1565121874630; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:04:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:313:: with SMTP id i19mr1050615oie.30.1565121874379; Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:04:34 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!b26no7008310qtq.0!news-out.google.com!a5ni1415qtd.0!nntp.google.com!b26no7008297qtq.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 13:04:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=162.157.173.94; posting-account=lzqe5AoAAADHhp_gregSufVhvwu22fBS NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.157.173.94 References: <01e1fc91-a20e-4b48-a10e-57d3935cd06c@googlegroups.com> <0d4e46d4-c227-4d7a-aafa-44492c6e1d41@googlegroups.com> <871ryop74h.fsf@nightsong.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Microsoft is considering moving to Rust; potential opportunity for Ada2020 From: Brad Moore Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:04:34 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:57000 Date: 2019-08-06T13:04:33-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 11:56:06 AM UTC-6, Optikos wrote: > How much of a borrow-checker-esque approach is going to appear in Ada202X= , especially now that the timeline is extended? Likely we are looking at just what is provided by AI12-240, see=20 http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ai12s/ai12-0240-6.txt?rev=3D1.= 7 which is to provide a low-level minimal framework that can be built upon to= provide more elaborate ownership based solutions. That is, we aren't at a = point yet to provide a complete solution, and we don't want to standardise = something before we have more confidence that it is the right solution. But= it is thought that AI12-240 provides a common ground that is general enoug= h to be applicable to whatever solution we might eventually end up with. Brad