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-Thread: 103376,a761e7b998e88184 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!14bb18d8!not-for-mail Sender: mheaney@MHEANEYX200 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada, open source software and Linux References: <1110208935.468255.37180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <42583429$0$22103$626a14ce@news.free.fr> From: Matthew Heaney Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:37:30 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.149.57.125 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1113079050 24.149.57.125 (Sat, 09 Apr 2005 13:37:30 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 13:37:30 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10368 Date: 2005-04-09T20:37:30+00:00 List-Id: gregg writes: > > Ada 2005 (which will be finalized sometime this summer) > > Where did you get that news? I think that's the target date to freeze the RM, but my knowledge is limited to having attended a few ARG meetings last year. Randy B. can give you more specific info about language standardization milestones. > I was wondering about Ada2005 myself (I'm new to the language, and was > considering delaying my in-depth learning to start right on with > Ada2005) I wouldn't wait, since Ada 2005 is only a modest update of Ada 95. > As for this "STL-likeness", can't it be considered as an API (just > like Classes given out with Java, for instance). Yes, I often refer to AI-302 as "the API." The most recent draft is here: There's an !examples section that follows the normative section (the API proper), so I would read through that first to get an idea of what the container library will do for you. It might also help you learn the language more quickly.