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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a00006d3c4735d70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-05 05:32:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!news.octanews.net!ash.uu.net!spool.news.uu.net!not-for-mail Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:32:06 -0500 From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: In-Out Parameters for functions References: <1075851506.238480@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: KBC Financial Products Message-ID: <1075987927.144155@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Cache-Post-Path: master.nyc.kbcfp.com!unknown@carrots.nyc.kbcfp.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.253.250.10 X-Trace: 1075987927 27852 204.253.250.10 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5249 Date: 2004-02-05T08:32:06-05:00 List-Id: Alexandre E. Kopilovitch wrote: > Ah, you just wanted a compelling argument! Sorry, I didn't get you properly > earlier - I thought that you wanted to understand. So, here is a compelling > argument: consider a deliberate ambiguity in choosing of the next leader of > a country in democratic societies, and compare it with quite definite order > of that in absolute monarchies and totalitarian (Communists and others) regimes. > Which mode you like better? > > But if you want purely scientific/technical and at the same time compelling > and condensed argument then I must disappoint you - you have very little > chance for getting it for free, simply asking for it - in this case. For free > you can get a hint only, and you already refused it. Well, you have an option: turn to > ARA or to some Ada-related vendor and ask them whether they can and will > supply you a compelling argument on this matter for $$$. Perhaps they will agree. "Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! "Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! "But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! "Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense. "And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense. "If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests."