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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4a5d8d9981922ae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feeder6.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!news.astraweb.com!border1.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!amsnews11.chello.com!nuzba.szn.dk!news.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ObjectAda 7.2.2 and VB6 DLLs Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 20:59:19 -0600 Organization: Jacob's private Usenet server Message-ID: References: <%v66j.76094$YL5.22217@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: jacob-sparre.dk 1197082543 1135 69.95.181.76 (8 Dec 2007 02:55:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 02:55:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1914 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18773 Date: 2007-12-07T20:59:19-06:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:%v66j.76094$YL5.22217@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... ... > At present, there seems to be no organization that promotes Ada. Does the ARA > still exist? Yes, but it has decided to put more emphasis on technical activities. In particular, the ARA funds a substantial amount of Ada standardization activities -- without that, the language standards would stagnate. It also is funding some development of new ACATS tests, so that compilers will have independently developed tests to use to verify that they've implemented new and changed features of Ada properly. The ARA still maintains its web site (www.adaic.org), news mailing list, and the like. We mainly distribute member news and general Ada news. Unfortunately, that has the effect of making the ARA news rather AdaCore-centered, because the other ARA members put out far less news than AdaCore does. There are a number of publicity-related projects that haven't progressed much, due to lack of funding and lack of energy. A number of proposed press releases simply didn't get done in a timely fashion; it's tough to find people who can take the added responsibility *and* are knowledgeable in the subject. Randy Brukardt, AdaIC webmaster and ARG Editor (all ARA projects) P.S. Disclaimer: I'm more than a little biased on this topic, since I do a lot of work for the ARA.