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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,c9d5fc258548b22a X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!8g2000prt.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: KK6GM Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How do I write directly to a memory address? Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:46:56 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <0be28ab4-84dc-4245-b6f7-264baaed776d@8g2000prt.googlegroups.com> References: <67063a5b-f588-45ea-bf22-ca4ba0196ee6@l11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <4d5008a5$0$6879$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> <4d5031fe$0$6765$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> <1f229967-d3cf-42b6-8087-c97ee08652f3@i40g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <4d51169e$0$7657$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <1bnp0pw1c8r5b$.guxc48qweiwe.dlg@40tude.net> <1ju2bba947c1h.y05qev0wjx2t.dlg@40tude.net> <25z0jyvibze7.1pi559yfki5lo$.dlg@40tude.net> <611bc17f-753c-48bb-9c28-dc5e810085dc@q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <4d52c3c5$0$19486$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.35.64.226 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1297270016 13814 127.0.0.1 (9 Feb 2011 16:46:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 8g2000prt.googlegroups.com; posting-host=12.35.64.226; posting-account=qZVz2QoAAAAN9WxYp-9jYb7jORc4Zqwt User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-Via: 1.1 barracudaweb.tritool.rancho:8080 (http_scan/4.0.2.6.19) X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; MDDR; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.1),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17096 Date: 2011-02-09T08:46:56-08:00 List-Id: On Feb 9, 8:39=A0am, Hyman Rosen wrote: > On 2/9/2011 10:20 AM, KK6GM wrote: > > > Has somebody already posted Dr. Dewar's comments about the current > > state of programming education? =A0If so I didn't catch it, so I'll pos= t > > them (again?) > > Look at this quote: > > =A0 =A0 =A0And [forget] all this business about command line we ll have > =A0 =A0 =A0people use nice visual interfaces where they can point and cli= ck > =A0 =A0 =A0and do fancy graphic stuff and have fun. > > Can you just hear the shouts of "get off my lawn!"? It's even more > ironic considering that AdaCore proudly offers GPS, > , > =A0 =A0 =A0AdaCore releases GPS 5.0 > =A0 =A0 =A0GPS 5.0 Integrated Development Environment brings enhanced > =A0 =A0 =A0multi-language support, more powerful source editing, and > =A0 =A0 =A0improved ease of use > and > =A0 =A0 =A0access to project templates for easy project setup > > Now look at their GPS documentation: > > It may be a marvel of late twentieth-century web design, but > compare it to their own modern-looking GPS description page here: > . Why hasn't AdaCore > produced properly-designed on-line documentation in accordance > with web standards as they exist today? > > I submit that it's all of a piece - it's programmers staying in > their comfort zones instead of understanding that custom and style > change and should be accommodated, not scorned. Is that really the main point you took away from the three articles (articles about software engineering _education_, let us not forget)?