From: Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch>
Subject: Re: From extended Pascals to Ada 95 guide
Date: 2000/08/28
Date: 2000-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39AA5EC0.A9B8AB6A@maths.unine.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrn8qk5u7.26ft.marcov@toad.stack.nl
> >> Okay, why isn't Ada a "Wirth-style language", if Modula-3 is? They
> >> share more in common with each other than either does with Wirth's
> >> Pascal, for instance.
> >The principal criterium is size of the language definition/reference
> >manual. Modula-3's is under 60 pages, IIRC, much smaller than Ada's.
> >And Wirth was some kind of advisor to the M3 design team.
Marco:
> Why is that the principal criterium?
Wirth's conception - it appears - is to have a minimalist language definition,
say a BNF codification, some explanations, and bye bye. It's to maintain
"simplicity". It's true, it makes books lighter.
As a result, you get a myriad of proprietary dialects, libraries,
I/O routines etc. IMHO The summit was M2 with different, uncompatible casings
for WriteLn !
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2000-08-24 0:00 From extended Pascals to Ada 95 guide gdemont
2000-08-24 0:00 ` James Smith
2000-08-24 0:00 ` ODRe: " Richard Riehle
2000-08-29 0:00 ` James Smith
2000-08-30 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-08-26 0:00 ` steve
2000-08-26 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-27 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-08-28 6:41 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-08-28 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Larry Elmore
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
2000-08-29 6:53 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Larry Elmore
2000-08-26 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-27 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-08-27 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-27 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Gautier
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2000-08-27 0:00 ` tmoran
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-08-27 0:00 ` David Botton
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-09-06 0:18 ` John English
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
2000-08-26 0:00 ` Dimmy Timchenko
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
2000-08-26 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-08-26 0:00 ` Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2000-08-26 0:00 ` Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
2000-08-25 0:00 ` Robert Deininger
2000-08-27 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
2000-08-27 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-08-27 0:00 ` Al Christians
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Gautier [this message]
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Al Christians
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
2000-08-28 0:00 ` nabbasi
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Jonas Maebe
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-09-06 0:38 ` John English
2000-09-08 18:41 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-09-08 19:24 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-09-09 17:50 ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-09-10 16:40 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-09-11 0:59 ` Ken Garlington
2000-09-11 13:01 ` John English
2000-09-11 14:45 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-09-11 19:32 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-09-27 23:03 ` John English
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-08-29 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-08-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-08-30 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-08-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-08-29 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-09-06 0:26 ` John English
2000-09-06 16:08 ` Charles Hixson
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Marco van de Voort
2000-08-27 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
2000-08-28 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
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2000-08-28 0:48 ` tmoran
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