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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 06:06:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!cyclone.swbell.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!206.13.28.144!news.pacbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B655CE8.F8FAD2CF@sneakemail.com> From: Russ Paielli <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <9k36ae$138k$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B654276.4040707@bigfoot.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 06:11:04 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.194.87.148 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 996498379 63.194.87.148 (Mon, 30 Jul 2001 06:06:19 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 06:06:19 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10737 Date: 2001-07-30T06:11:04-07:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > > In article <3B654276.4040707@bigfoot.de>, Gerhard H�ring wrote: > > Gary Lisyansky wrote: > > > >> This makes whitespace the part of the language syntax. In practice, it's not > >> convenient, and adds *extremely nasty* tab/space problems. In common, it's a > >> bug generator. > > Yes. > > > In many people's experience, it _is_ convenient. My policy is that tabs > > Like it is in FORTRAN 77? No, it is not convenient only annoying and a > bug trap. Please explain why it is convenient. It is more than "convenient." It FORCES the programmer to use proper indentation structure, and it assures the reader that the indentation structure is indeed consistent with the logical structure. It is completely in the Ada spirit of encouraging good structure and form. It will ELIMINATE an entire class of bugs. Russ