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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,18f6de557e6897b2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: Ada95=>Ada0Y Process? [was: circular unit dependency] Date: 1997/06/08 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 247026131 References: <3386d96f.171920@noticias.ibernet.es> <33898C78.27D3@sprintmail.com> <33937420.4458@sprintmail.com> <339A02D1.25D3@sprintmail.com> Organization: New York University Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: John Volan asks <<> My question for comp.lang.ada as a whole is this: What mechanism, if > any, is currently established for evolving the Ada language standard? > Since I haven't heard the trumpet fanfare yet, obviously the Ada0Y > process has not yet begun (and is not due to begin for a few years yet). > However, is there an interim Rapporteur Group or something that is > administering Ada95 Interpretations and/or extension requests and > what-not? Maybe they'd like to have a look at the hypothetical language > rules for with-type clauses described in > http://bluemarble.net/~jvolan/WithingProblem/FAQ.html#forward_incompletes>> The current Ada standard is maintained by ISO WG9, with the technical work being done by its Ada Rapporteur Group. The ARG is concerned with clarifying the current standard and fixing any minor problems found, it is not concerned with evolving the standard. No formal group that I know of is concerned with the latter, and indeed I think any formalized discussions of changes to Ada 95 would be premature and non-constructive. Probably one of the most useful things at this stage would be for people to prototype possible new language suggestions using GNAT.