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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Initialization Message-ID: <1964@sparko.gwu.edu> Date: 14 Jun 90 22:28:24 GMT References: <1957@sparko.gwu.edu> <7540@fy.sei.cmu.edu> Reply-To: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu () Organization: The George Washington University, Washington D.C. List-Id: In article <7540@fy.sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes: > > I recall asking Jean why he didn't make the type model more regular > by allowing all types to have initialisation expressions, and his > reply was that you could always achieve this effect by nesting the > type you wanted in a record, and he didn't want to add extra syntax. > Please do not ask me to defend this position. Don't worry. If this is the extent of the reasoning, it's entirely indefensible IMHO. That's the way it goes. Sigh... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Michael Feldman Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 +1-202-994-5253 mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------