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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada generics
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:53:24 +0100, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 10:58 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> 
>>>> Corollary: never ever make a formal language (Ada) dependent on a natural
>>>> one (German). That would make the former natural.
>>> 
>>> I don't see how identifier rules are natural (not formal), whatever
>>> the natural language is that guides the choice of names in a
>>> particular program.
>> 
>> Because these rules are subject of endless chaotic political changes.
> 
> I don't know about ISO or ARG political changes--besides
> the rather interesting glimpses at language debates during
> Ada 9X in the archives, if you want to call this politics.

I didn't mean ISO, I did real politic, "Rechtschreibreform" etc.

> Should the characters '1' and 'l' be removed from the
> Ada standard characters because that's a similar chaos?

This is an issue of a proper font selection. These glyphs need not to be
same.

> Should there be a ruling about Finalisation versus
> Finalization?

No, and for exactly same reason why there should also be no ruling that ss
= �.

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