From: sparre AT phyast DOT pitt DOT edu (Jacob S. Andersen)
Subject: Re: Ada and djgpp
To: elston AT cave DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov (Mark Elston)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:37:11 -0500 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

Mark wrote:
 
|^^^^^^^^^^ 
| I just wanted to pass on the information for anyone else who would
| like to experiment with a very promising Ada 9X compiler.  I think it
| is great that we have, in essence, first crack at a language -- even
| before the commercial world jumps into the fray. (Of course the
| standard has yet to be finalized, so the commercial world will
| probably catch up soon after that happens).
|__________

The standard is finalized! It happened in December, and the publication date 
for the ISO document describing Ada (The LRM) was 1995.01.15.
The new Ada standard is called `Ada 95' (as opposed to `Ada 83'), it's not 
`9X' any more.

Regards,
                     Jacob Sparre Andersen.
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