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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Al Christians Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/21 Message-ID: <36A6F997.CA210C39@easystreet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 435162663 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <369F1D39.64A65BC1@sea.ericsson.se> <369f81a9.31040093@news.demon.co.uk> <77ommt$9bo$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vhjf$nn9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vld9$qvg$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <782rp0$kn6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6Oap2.16170$MW1.4028@news2.giganews.com> <783nnb$s9c@drn.newsguy.com> <784qvi$a0a$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <78549k$iqv$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <785fo3$thj$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news14.ispnews.com 916911829 206.103.56.11 (Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:43:49 EDT) Organization: Trillium Resources Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:43:49 EDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Matthew Heaney wrote: > > dennison@telepath.com writes: > > > I do have to admit, I see no reason why following this guideline should be a > > big problem for anyone (except perhaps the leading ';' devotees). I would > > have a tough time at first not lining up the ':'s. > > If you use emacs, then move to the parameter list, type C-c C-f, and > life is good... If I'm the boss, I'm going to ban any editor that encourages my staff to take the time to reformat code every time they check it in or out. I'm going to get ever-lovin' livid if a macrographical error at this point introduces a bug into a product. And I'm going to start handing out applications for employment over at the post office if (a) the guy who is supposed to find the bug has to reformat the code again before he can start looking for it, or (b) each of the two coders who might have created the bug insists that the other one did it when he re-formatted their perfectly good code. When everything is going well, it is. But in the software business, you have to do a little risk management. This is the kind of distraction that can make a bad situation much worse. Robert Dewar is not only beyond criticism on this one, he's largely correct. Al