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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 108abf,d3bcc180a8b0eea4 X-Google-Attributes: gid108abf,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d3bcc180a8b0eea4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Keith Thompson Subject: Re: [Fwd: F22 completes 11% of its Flight tests] Date: 2000/01/14 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 572756980 Sender: kst@king.cts.com References: <387C8859.621FA20B@netscape.net> <387CC1C0.4C57E34C@quadruscorp.com> <387CEE4A.3965@Ganymede.com> <387D011B.2DC@Ganymede.com> <387D0C1B.9D2@Ganymede.com> <3d8f4.2267$iy5.117569@typ12.deja.bcandid.com> X-Trace: thoth.cts.com 947889355 16691 198.68.168.21 (14 Jan 2000 22:35:55 GMT) Organization: CTS Network Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,rec.aviation.military X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@cts.com Date: 2000-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "jtarver" writes: > Bill Greene wrote in message > news:387D0C1B.9D2@Ganymede.com... > Who wrote the Ada reference manual you V/V to? Was it Digital Equipment? No. The Ada reference manual and the validation suite are the same for all compilers and systems. > > > > But what does it mean to say that "VAX" violated a rule? Are you > > > > talking about a particular Ada compiler for the VAX? If so, which > > > > compiler is it and what sort of extensions are you referring to? > > > > Implementation-defined attributes and pragmas? > > > > > > "extended instruction set" is what I am refering to. > > > > ??? > > That is what I thought. What is what you thought? I'm afraid I have no idea what you mean by "extended instruction set". Certainly Ada compilers for the VAX can provide implementation-specific pragmas and attributes, this is allowed by the standard. They also provide machine-code insertions (which aren't expected to be portable) and additional library packages (which are implemented *in* Ada; they aren't extensions to the language itself). None of this makes it particularly difficult to write portable code that will work properly on a VAX or anywhere else. Can you provide an example of what you're talking about? -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Welcome to the last year of the 20th century.