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: 103376,a0be06fbc0dd71f1
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8
Path: 
 g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!newsfeed-fusi2.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-hp2.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: The future of Ada is at risk
From: Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh+bauhaus@maps.futureapps.de>
In-Reply-To: <4789038F.7090708@obry.net>
References: <20071229040639.f753f982.coolzone@it.dk>
	 <13oe680qard6u2d@corp.supernews.com> <HrOhj.295370$Fc.152545@attbi_s21>
	 <yUOhj.61904$eY.33531@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net>
	 <kKThj.295755$Fc.128066@attbi_s21> <47887709.9030107@obry.net>
	 <sa4bq7rl5f1.fsf@snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au>
	 <47889568.3010507@obry.net> <R%6ij.13868$6%.6087@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>
	 <4789038F.7090708@obry.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Message-Id: <1200176645.8909.4.camel@K72>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:24:05 +0100
Organization: Arcor
NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Jan 2008 23:24:04 CET
NNTP-Posting-Host: eff74ce2.newsspool2.arcor-online.net
X-Trace: 
 DXC=:0YP=`OB9I6=FQB?mjjV50A9EHlD;3Yc24Fo<]lROoR1nkgeX?EC@@00Qdk6K;f5L8PCY\c7>ejV8He\aJmV1>T;UgOlOE8ONQ>
X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de
Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19366
Date: 2008-01-12T23:24:04+01:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>


On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 19:14 +0100, Pascal Obry wrote:
> Gary Scott a =C3=A9crit :
> > Using a properly structured naming convention is superior to defining a=
=20
> > new datatype that is internally identical with dozens of other types bu=
t=20
> > with a different name.
>=20
> Are you kidding? And who is responsible to check that the convention is=20
> properly respected by all developers!
>=20
> > It is especially disastrous in mixed language=20
> > programming to use too many non-unique data types.  The research=20
> > necessary to discover the interface is enormous.
>=20
> The interface of what? Integers? When I see:
>=20
>     type Whatever is new Integer;
>=20
> I myself have no problem finding the interface... But if you have please=20
> explain!

I suppose that
- if your head is very much capable of spinning around
  "algorithmically determined integer ranges" while
- your are writing numeric libraries
- to be supplied to the "C binding facility" of other
  languages,
you wouldn't easily see the necessities and possibilities=20
of programmer defined base types?