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From: "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <nospam@gsg.eds.com>
Subject: Re: Porting (was ADA and Pascal etc)
Date: 1997/10/31
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Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> 
> Ada makes so much more sense by requiring data declarations to precede the
> function body. Only scatter-brained programmers see a stylistic advantage in
> declarations interspersed with statements. It's perhaps a remnant of brain
> damage inflicted by programming in BASIC.

Sigh! More ad hominem arguments. Maybe you're having an off day.

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                        Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
                        Senior Software SE

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