From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org>
To: "James H. Robinson, III" <jr3uva90@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Backward compatibility between Ada 95 and Ada 83
Date: 1997/09/30
Date: 1997-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3zpovf24h.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr> (raw)
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>>>>> "James" == James H Robinson, <jr3uva90@erols.com> writes:
James> I'm using an Ada 95 compiler, but my class is teaching Ada 83.
James> How backwardly compatible is Ada 95 with Ada 83?
Except for generics (you must use a box (<>) in Ada 95 to allow
instantiating with unconstrained types), there is little chance that
you encounter an incompatibilites.
These incompatibilities are listed at several places. A good starting
point is http://www.adahome.com/.
Moreover, if you are using GNAT, there is a -gnat83 switch which will
put the compiler in a mode that will accept the Ada 83 constructs.
Sam
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Samuel Tardieu -- sam@ada.eu.org
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1997-09-30 0:00 ` Backward compatibility between Ada 95 and Ada 83 Dale Stanbrough
1997-09-30 0:00 ` John Herro
1997-09-30 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu [this message]
1997-10-01 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
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1997-10-01 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
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