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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a6b:407:: with SMTP id 7-v6mr5738892ioe.107.1535028343392; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:45:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:aca:d551:: with SMTP id m78-v6mr191581oig.1.1535028343134; Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:45:43 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!w19-v6no3187944itb.0!news-out.google.com!z5-v6ni788ite.0!nntp.google.com!g24-v6no3192153iti.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:45:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2bd66110-61e4-45c2-b731-7387b45b1e56@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=193.163.1.106; posting-account=Srm5lQoAAAAEMX9rv2ilEKR6FDPapmSq NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.163.1.106 References: <2bd66110-61e4-45c2-b731-7387b45b1e56@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Which old version is best to use? don't trust Adacore anymore From: Mark Lorenzen Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:45:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Received-Bytes: 1938 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2000031843 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54228 Date: 2018-08-23T05:45:42-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 1:49:31 PM UTC+2, pat...@spellingbeewinnars.org wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I like C, Ada and my favorite is COBOL. IF I like COBOL it's obvious I don't drink cool-aid. I just don't care about Ada 2005/2013 features. > > As you know Adacore removed the pragma ada-83 and ada_95 recently. > > Why remove simple features like this that will help people to run older code, They are laying a trap for future use. I am currently chewing bait, waiting for the hook to puncture. > What Ada 95-only features are you using, that are not supported by the newest GNAT GPL version in Ada 2012 mode? Regards, Mark L