From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,XPRIO autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!gandalf.srv.welterde.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!franka.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED.rrsoftware.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Happy Birthday, Ada! Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:28:05 -0600 Organization: JSA Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 05:28:06 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: franka.jacob-sparre.dk; posting-host="rrsoftware.com:24.196.82.226"; logging-data="32405"; mail-complaints-to="news@jacob-sparre.dk" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.7246 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:63219 List-Id: "Luke A. Guest" wrote in message news:sovdrc$1cob$1@gioia.aioe.org... > On 10/12/2021 09:37, Jeffrey R.Carter wrote: >> Born this day in 1815 and 1980. New version on this date in 2012. >> > > Are new revisions always released on this date? No. It was mostly a coincidence. We were told that the Ada 2012 Standard would be published in the December 15th batch of Standards. Joyce Tokar made a request to date it December 10th in honor of Ada's birthday; she got a response that ISO couldn't do that. When it actually was published (around December 15th), we found they had dated it December 10th as requested. Not sure when/where/how they changed their mind. If it had been scheduled for, say, February 15th, such a request wouldn't make any sense. We wouldn't want to delay the Standard for months just so it can have a cool date. Randy.