Re: Head scratching in language X superior to language Y

<thomas.mertes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:01:06 -0600, thomas.mer...@xxxxxx wrote

Programming languages designed by a committee usually
have a bad reputation.

<comment by Randy Howard <randyhow...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 27 Feb., 14:59:
Can you name a language that was designed by a committee? Ada maybe,
I'm not sure about its ancestry. Others? There aren't very many I
suspect. There are a lot of languages that started out non-standard,
but became maintained and/or extended by standard bodies later due to
popularity or a perceived need for standardization for portability
reasons.

I was referring to situation where a standard exists and it takes
many years until an implementation shows up. Ada and C99 are
such cases.

For Ada, are you referring to the core language or the special needs annexes
(which the standard identifies as optional)?

The core language (for Ada95) is supported by several compilers; Adacore
(www.adacore.com) claim to support all the special needs annexes in GNAT
(http://www.adacore.com/wp-content/files/auto_update/gnat-unw-docs/html/gnat_rm_12.html#SEC426).

The Ada05 standard (ISO/IEC 8652:1995/Amd 1:2007) was officially approved in
March 2007 and Adacore already support the new features
(http://www.adacore.com/home/gnatpro/toolsuite/compilation).

Regards
--
Stuart


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