Re: Additional Comment Period for Upcoming Ada Revision

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

I wrote:
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> Presently, the ARG is nearing completion on a revision to Ada 2012 (known 
> for now as Ada 202x) which includes new contracts and lightweight 
> parallelism features. Concern has been raised that these new proposals 
> have not been prototyped nor has the suitability for diverse target 
> environments been assessed.

To translate this announcement into plain English, the completion date of 
Ada 202x has been pushed back a year and a half in order to get more 
feedback on the proposed changes. Most of the major features went from rough 
outlines last fall to a completed standard with detailed wording by May. 
This rate of completion was just too much for most interested parties 
outside of the ARG to keep up with.

Rather than standardize something under-baked that might have to be changed 
in a few years, we're dialing back the amount of work and letting the Ada 
community catch up.

This comment period is not intended to introduce additional new features; 
such comments are always welcome but most will be deferred until the 
following revision. (Of course, additional features related to the ones 
already intended for the revision are possible.)

                                       Randy.