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,FREEMAIL_FROM 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!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety ! Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:40:41 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <1402308235.2520.153.camel@pascal.home.net> <85ioo9yukk.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <255b51cd-b23f-4413-805a-9fea3c70d8b2@googlegroups.com> <1129440363424130728.266844laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 0gipH8doFnFjPXlWycyiNg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20597 Date: 2014-06-26T00:40:41+02:00 List-Id: Le Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:09:16 +0200, Luke A. Guest = a = =C3=A9crit: > Simon Clubley wrote: > >> The one ACT supplied library I used to use was GtkAda which had a GMG= PL >> style licence until around GTK 2.4 (IIRC) when it was suddenly change= d >> to pure GPL overnight by ACT. >> >> I made a point _never_ to use anything under the direct control of AC= T >> after that experience. (For gcc, I use the FSF gcc branch only). > > Exactly. > > I have similar concerns now they are the ones 'controlling' the future= is > ASIS, as there's no external agency defining the packages, [=E2=80=A6]= Isn't it an ISO standard? Or it isn't anymore? -- = =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers= ity