larry@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV (12/17/88)
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In 1992 the ISO Ada standard can be changed. The ANSI standard should not
be changed until then, when it would be possible to synchronize the two
standards. Further, by then enough experience will have been gained by
enough people for some changes to be clearly needed. I would like to see
the changes be relatively small, in the direction of making Ada more
regular, more self-consistent.
Radical changes in the next few years should be done for research versions
of Ada, preferably with only one major feature changed/added so that all
the implications of that feature can be examined. For instance, adding
true polymorphic functions via run-time binding, a la Classic Ada.
In 1997 when the ANSI and ISO standard come up for review again would be
the proper time to make major changes, ones that essentially make Ada a
new language.
Larry @ VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV