From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 5 Sep 91 21:00:40 GMT From: aio!sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov!yow@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Bill Yow) Subject: Re: Ada micro Style for Programs in Introductory Textbooks Message-ID: <1991Sep5.210040.26432@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> List-Id: My 2 cents: I hate the LRM style. All uppercase is just horrible in my opinion. All upper case is just ugly and is something I wrote with in the first grade. All upper case is also harder to read. I use all lower case for reserved words and mixed case for user defined identif iers. In article <1991Sep5.190551.8272@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, pattis@june.cs.wash ington.edu (Richard Pattis) writes: popular Pascal books. stuff deleted. |> 1) Ada's words (whether reserved words or predefined identifiers - see |> point 2) should be easily identified; they are the landmarks to navigating |> through programs. The LRM uses bold-face, but that is not an option for |> students who write programs using standard text editors. I want to present |> code in the book using a style that the students can emulate in their |> programs. Upper-case words stand out best. |> Why is it important for the reserved words to standout???? The last thing I want to read is the reserved words when I am reading code! more stuff deleted. |> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- |> Richard E. Pattis "Programming languages are like |> Department of Computer Science pizzas - they come in only "too" |> and Engineering sizes: too big and too small." Later, Bill Yow (713) 283-4051 yow@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov byow@mcimail.com My opinions are my own!