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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada generics
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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.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de