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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,8da181ade72859cf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s02.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2jVUc.13319$Fg5.12445@attbi_s53> <%H0Wc.299737$%_6.62464@attbi_s01> Subject: Re: timeouts X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.21.42.251 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s02 1093527255 24.21.42.251 (Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:34:15 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:34:15 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:34:15 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3031 Date: 2004-08-26T13:34:15+00:00 List-Id: "Brian May" wrote in message news:sa4n00iit7g.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au... [snip]> Ok, my 2 cents on the thread on why Ada is not popular: No freely > available compiler that is reliable, with known bugs fixed, and can > compile available code. > Gee, I've never met ANY compiler (free or otherwise) with all known bugs fixed. ... but then again I've only been programming professionally for 20 years. Hmmm... Maybe if they re-implemented GNAT in SPARK ;-) Steve (The Duck) > (I am basing this statement on the following assumption: there is a > bug related to time handling, it is present in GNAT-3.15p, and it is > the bug I am encountering). > -- > Brian May