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 10.182.87.225 with SMTP id bb1mr395854obb.16.1386763872529; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 04:11:12 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.114.135 with SMTP id jg7mr4627obb.34.1386763872370; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 04:11:12 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.glorb.com!ie8no8392777qab.0!news-out.google.com!p7ni15269qat.0!nntp.google.com!ie8no8392766qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 04:11:12 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=109.149.1.116; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 109.149.1.116 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Compiler Revisions Should go Out As Well as Going Up. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:11:12 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:17948 Date: 2013-12-11T04:11:12-08:00 List-Id: Decoded, I am saying here that there is a tendency in my opinion to view ne= w compiler versions in a hierarchal sequence that tacitly suggest one shoul= d always use the most recent compiler version. I don=92t think this is rig= ht and instead older compilers should still be kept in hand as befits the u= sers=92 needs for specific applications without any suggestion of being out= dated. Very often there is nothing to be gained except a whole load of tro= uble in changing to newer compiler versions of the same language. I=92m sure the custodians of the Ada language know what they are doing just= the same. adacrypt