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From: Gerhard =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=E4ring?= <gerhard.nospam@bigfoot.de>
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Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:50:44 +0200
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Russ Paielli wrote:

> Preben Randhol wrote:
> 
>>In article <3B65810F.BEF41F2@san.rr.com>, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>>This regularly comes up in the python newsgroup, where studies showing
>>>the effectiveness of indentation-oriented blocks reduces bugs. Not that
>>>I'm recommending it for Ada, mind. But there have been actual
>>>experiments done showing it works.
>>>
>>So if you code in Ada and use propper identation (as I expect most do)
>>you should reduce bugs. :-)
>>
> 
> That's like saying, "If you code in C++, check all array bounds yourself
> (as I expect most do) and you should reduce bugs."

Russ, why do you make a Holy War (tm) for syntax? I don't think this 
helps support your arguments.

-- Gerhard