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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,88ed72d98e6b3457 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-07 16:58:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!cyclone.swbell.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <6Ingb.30667$541.13861@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> <3F82B4A4.5060301@noplace.com> <8d6b51-0u3.ln1@beastie.ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:58:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.80.131 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1065571086 141.149.80.131 (Tue, 07 Oct 2003 19:58:06 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 19:58:06 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:415 Date: 2003-10-07T23:58:06+00:00 List-Id: > > Sounds like you want to take Ada OUT OF the standards system totally. > (Who would be the "makers" of Ada? Some coalition of compiler writers?). > > How many incompatible features do the various Linux distributions > contain? Debian packages vs RPMs, etc. > > No, not at all, Ada should remain as standard as it is, my real goal is to get rid of the 10 year period if wait to get anything new accepted as a standard, not get rid of the standard itself. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. But Ada MUST be standard, it's its strenght. But 10 years is a really long time to geta revision especially in the computer world.