Re: Latest GNAT version

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

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"Jean-Pierre Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr> wrote in message
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> Randy Brukardt a �crit :
>
> > Not at all. All that is settled is that it will be called that until the
> > standard is published (just like the previous version was called "Ada
9X"
> > until it was published). At that point, the topic will be revisted.
>
> Sorry, but nothing of the kind has ever been said.

It certainly was said several times.

> In York, ISO passed a motion to recommend that the vernacular name of
> the language be Ada 2005.

We needed some sort of decision now because we had to decide what to put
into the documents.

But such a motion stands only until it is revised. Which it will be.

Your note suggests to me that many people at WG9 didn't understand what we
were trying to decide. (Or I was lied to.) In any case, it's clear that I'll
have to make sure that what I understood actually is done. ("Revisiting"
doesn't necessarily mean "change", of course, just that it is properly
considered.)

> Of course, ISO cannot rule how people speak,
> so anybody can call the language the way he wants. The official name
> will be ISO/IEC 8652:1995 with corr. 1 and amdmt 1.

You mean the official name of the documents. That will be:
   ISO/IEC 8652:1995 with CORR1:2001 and AMD.1:200y
(where the "y" will be replaced by the publication year). I doubt many
people will use that for any purpose.

                        Randy.