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: 103376,4871bb700d475964 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-09 09:49:38 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.fast.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!world!bobduff From: Robert A Duff Subject: Re: an interested business-oriented programmer Sender: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 16:46:52 GMT References: <3B1EED20.C607AB28@worldnet.att.net> <3B1F09F8.A6521EEF@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <9fo0u4$nrb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8492 Date: 2001-06-09T16:46:52+00:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" writes: > Annex F is "normative" which, if I understand correctly, means its basically > a requirement for validation. (I'll probably get hit over the head for > that!) Or at least politely corrected. ;-) Annex F is one of the "optional" annexes. An implementation can conform to the Ada standard, and in addition, it can conform to one or more of the optional annexes. The optional annexes are listed in the Introduction: 51 The Specialized Needs Annexes have been added to provide specific support for certain application areas: 52 Annex C, ``Systems Programming'' 53 Annex D, ``Real-Time Systems'' 54 Annex E, ``Distributed Systems'' 55 Annex F, ``Information Systems'' 56 Annex G, ``Numerics'' 57 Annex H, ``Safety and Security'' >... I'd suspect that all conforming implementations would have it if they > are targeted to a general-purpose computer. You wouldn't much need it if you > were running on an embedded machine - unless maybe it was a > bank-teller-machine? That's why it's optional. Real-time systems often don't need Annex F. Business software often doesn't need real-time stuff. > As for interfacing to Cobol - I doubt that would be a major concern for > someone who is looking to develop new systems for workstation/PC level > products. There isn't exactly tons of need to interface to Cobol code in > such an environment. I'm not sure that's true. Also, there is a need to interface to COBOL *data*, in addition to programs. - Bob