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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d875f8fc1f73cf09 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-02 09:12:37 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Compiling AFLEX 1.4a with Dec Ada 83 3.5-20 on Open VMS 7.1 Message-ID: References: <9bsm5c$khe$1@uranium.btinternet.com> <9c1avq$mr9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3AF000FC.2E00D5F0@NOSPAMcompaq.com> <9cp2to$gkf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software Date: 2 May 2001 12:12:32 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 988819955 216.44.122.34 (Wed, 02 May 2001 16:12:35 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:12:35 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7092 Date: 2001-05-02T12:12:32-05:00 List-Id: In article <9cp2to$gkf$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" writes: > What exactly do you mean by "extensions for Ada 95"? I used GNAT on an > Alpha/VMS platform & it supported the full Ada95 language. > "Charlie McCutcheon" wrote in message > news:3AF000FC.2E00D5F0@NOSPAMcompaq.com... > >> Compaq Ada only has limited extensions for Ada 95. I don't expect this to >> change to help you any... He ascribed the "extensions for Ada 95" to "Compaq Ada". That is the Ada83 implementation (nee DEC Ada (nee VAX Ada)) and has nothing to do with GNAT on Alpha VMS. At least one of those extensions in Compaq Ada is a slight variation on bounded/unbounded string, added as a package rather than built into the compiler.