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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.ecp.fr!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety ! Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:22:48 -0500 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: <1402308235.2520.153.camel@pascal.home.net> <85ioo9yukk.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <255b51cd-b23f-4413-805a-9fea3c70d8b2@googlegroups.com> <5ebe316d-cd84-40fb-a983-9f953f205fef@googlegroups.com> <2100734262424129975.133931laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: static-69-95-181-76.mad.choiceone.net X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1402935768 24027 69.95.181.76 (16 Jun 2014 16:22:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:22:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20368 Date: 2014-06-16T11:22:48-05:00 List-Id: "Luke A. Guest" wrote in message news:2100734262424129975.133931laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org... > "J-P. Rosen" wrote: ... > language. Would you argue >> that C is being impaired because Microsoft C is not free? > > There are many implementations of C, not true of Ada. Really? I'm sure the Atego people, ICC (Adam's employer), and RRS (me) would be rather surprised to hear that. Not to mention the many Ada 95 implementations still available. Randy.