From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Reading a line of arbitrary length
Date: 1997/02/22
Date: 1997-02-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.856619522@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.SGI.3.95.970221224632.11961B-100000@shellx.best.com
iBrian said
<< Seriously, I was convinced at the end of that discussion that the
restriction was necessary for "political" reasons. But stuff like this
library makes me more sore about it. Ada could have been a better language.
Oh well.>>
Yes, but best is the enemy of good :-)
Actually I think it is remarkable how few compromises were needed to get
rapid unanimous approval of the Ada 95 standard.
Sure everyone has a few pet peeves. Tuck will never forgive Robert for
helping to keep 'Class for untagged types out (neither will Bob Duff),
and Robert will never forgive Tuck for refusing to fight for in out
parameters for functions (but can't blame Bob, he agrees with me on
that one).
P.S. a giant :-) applies to the last paragraph :-)
Note that the particular case at hand (restricting 'Access on subprograms
because of dificulties with display implementations) did not turn out to
be a theoretical concern. Two of the currently validated Ada 95 compilers
(Aonix and RR), both use displays. Now who can say if this one thing would
have been enough to seriously discombobulate those two implementations (at
the time, both vendors thought it was significant).
Sure, this particular decision did not affect GNAT, but we think it is a good
thing that there are multiple Ada 95 compilers around. Nothing like
competition to sharpen technical products. We think that GNAT is the best
Ada 95 compiler, but we also think we have to run hard to keep it that way,
given the competition, and everyone benefits from this.
Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies
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Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-02-12 0:00 Reading a line of arbitrary length Thomas Koenig
1997-02-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-12 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Rex Reges
1997-02-15 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-02-19 0:00 ` Jean-Etienne Doucet
1997-02-21 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-13 0:00 ` Rex Reges
[not found] ` <dewar.855848896@merv>
[not found] ` <dsmith-1302971702290001@dsmith.clark.net>
[not found] ` <33047186.463F@mds.lmco.com>
1997-02-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-14 0:00 ` Mats Weber
[not found] ` <33037A74.44AF@mds.lmco.com>
[not found] ` <dewar.855929857@merv>
1997-02-14 0:00 ` Gene Ouye
1997-02-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-15 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-14 0:00 ` Rex Reges
1997-02-14 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-02-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-17 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1997-02-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-16 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-21 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-02-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-02-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-02-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-04 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-04 0:00 ` Thomas Koenig
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <dewar.857447653@m <JSA.97Mar4154951@alexandria>
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Really more GC talk (was: Reading a line of arbitrary length) Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-11 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-12 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Reading a line of arbitrary length Jon S Anthony
1997-02-16 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-16 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-02-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-02-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-04 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-05 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-03-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-11 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
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