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,ac55ec18f7b0a53c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-06 15:36:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Chris Campbell" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Ada and embedded applications X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:32:34 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.136.88 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 991866696 62.252.136.88 (Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:31:36 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:31:36 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8275 Date: 2001-06-06T23:32:34+01:00 List-Id: "Jerry van Dijk" wrote in message news:uae3l4hkl.fsf@attglobal.net... > "Chris Campbell" writes: > > > > Maybe this posters views where based on the fact that the last time he used Ada > > was in 1983 and it was a Janus compiler (i.e. Ada was relatively new and > > compiler technology less advanced than it is today). > > Given that the poster was Jerry Coffin, that sounds very unlikely. Why? I'm sure he stated that in one of his most recent posts to alt.os.dev. Chris