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From: "John G. Volan" <johnvolan@sprintmail.com>
Subject: Re: Warning: Religious naming convention discussion :-) [was: assign
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Date: 1997/05/09
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Jay Martin wrote:

> In fact wouldn't be cool if Ada forced all types to have "_Type" suffixes.

I take it this was suggested tongue-in-cheek, but actually it wouldn't
be so hard to get a compiler to do that, if you really wanted to. GNAT
for instance already includes the capability to do some style checking.
Take a look at the -gnatr and -gnatg switches.

> Heh probably make those C hackers blood boil.

What do you mean?  Would they be jealous that we could enforce a nice
readable style when they couldn't, or would they incensed that we'd
_dare_ to enforce a nice readable style when they _know_ the whole point
behind computers is to be as creatively cryptic and as anarchically
obfuscated as possible so as to overthrow any vestige of authority and
establish themselves as a guru priesthood (bow three times toward
Redmond) selling row after row of slick ten-pound glossy-covered how-to
books to the masses of glazed-eyed zombie Internet lemmings?

:-) :-) :-)

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