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!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:29:14 -0600 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: some trivial questions? Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:29:16 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: References: <6a5368c5-f015-4dcb-9291-e77b40fa1bf1@googlegroups.com> <1510001599.30535.24.camel@obry.net> <1510002854.30535.27.camel@obry.net> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.73.117.53 X-Trace: sv3-GsQMAf7OtXaWZLhOwDGhV0saPVERopU0345nH6XzmyEVZJrAxf3M6YeHOT8VxeDPX1Q7FcLqDPhpaxE!OMb1C1mAmnGEUbL4TaWnoeLbjld2NQe95vibkVXIgMtrI2HwZZbEUNJSQU6mK/Cs7Hu3QS1MhSnT!IRtlOUkXNKNJYYbbDCovuXRYu7Y= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2094 X-Received-Bytes: 2185 X-Received-Body-CRC: 78703289 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:48977 Date: 2017-11-17T21:29:16-05:00 List-Id: On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:27:20 -0600, "Randy Brukardt" declaimed the following: >P.S. A one week build? Yuck. I don't think we ever had anything longer than >about 12 hours, even back on very early MS-DOS. Of course, the compiler was >a lot smaller (and less complete) back then. Running the entire ACATS took a >week, but you could run individual chapters in a few hours each. And here I used to think a four hour build cycle was rather excessive Back in 1981... (building a requirements traceability system [almost a relational database but for the lack of dynamic "project" operation] -- on a CDC MP-60 hardened for air-drop) -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/