From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada generics
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:27:17 +0100
Date: 2007-01-04T11:27:09+01:00 [thread overview]
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:33:54 +0300 (MSK), Alexander E. Kopilovich wrote:
> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>
>>Others in other natural languages might come (and did) to even more crazy
>>ideas like "don't" = "do not".
>
> It might seem crazy only if you forget that the primary purpose of written
> form of natural language is to provide an adequate storage and long-distance
> communication tool for a speech.
>
> The form "don't" for "do not" did not emerge as a variation of written English
> - it just reflects some actual spoken form.
Phonetic writing systems are in a clear contradiction with the objectives
of "an adequate storage and long-distance communication." Can you read
medieval Russian texts?
> And if the programs should be readable not only by professional programmers,
> but also by those problem domain experts who aren't programmers themselves
> then the customs of particular problem domain also influence readability.
No. Programs aren't literature, you know. That is why programming languages
aren't natural ones.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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2006-12-21 14:14 Ada generics markww
2006-12-21 15:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-22 7:59 ` Martin Krischik
2006-12-22 16:14 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-22 7:59 ` Martin Krischik
2006-12-22 16:41 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-22 17:33 ` Markus E Leypold
2006-12-22 18:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-22 20:59 ` Markus E Leypold
2006-12-22 21:01 ` Markus E Leypold
2006-12-23 14:09 ` Marco
2006-12-25 14:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-29 14:13 ` Marco
2006-12-25 14:20 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-23 11:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-25 13:49 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-25 14:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-26 1:34 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-26 9:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-26 16:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-26 19:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-27 1:44 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-27 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-27 19:06 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-28 10:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-28 16:29 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-29 11:12 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-29 14:56 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-28 17:35 ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-12-29 14:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-29 19:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-12-30 9:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-30 14:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-01 13:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-02 10:04 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-02 11:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-02 12:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-02 13:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-02 14:45 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-03 10:10 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-03 14:20 ` Hyman Rosen
2007-01-03 14:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-04 10:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-03 19:33 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-04 10:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2007-01-04 15:00 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2007-01-05 10:32 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-30 2:25 ` Randy Brukardt
2006-12-30 10:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-04 1:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-04 10:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-01-05 1:32 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-05 4:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2007-01-05 9:08 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2007-01-05 20:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-01-06 0:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2006-12-29 0:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2006-12-29 11:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-30 2:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2006-12-21 16:55 ` Hyman Rosen
2006-12-21 18:22 ` markww
2006-12-22 3:01 ` Steve
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