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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 10:23:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!news-east.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!cyclone-LA3.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B65980A.AA71BF87@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) 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> <3B655CE8.F8FAD2CF@sneakemail.com> <3B65810F.BEF41F2@san.rr.com> <3B658ABC.BFF1B050@sneakemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:23:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.165.21.192 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 996513800 24.165.21.192 (Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:23:20 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:23:20 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10774 Date: 2001-07-30T17:23:20+00:00 List-Id: > And the difference is I can write a program to correct indentation. > But I will not, because others have already done it. Do you run that program on every source file before you look at it? That's what you need to do in many languages, or you'll be misled by the incorrect indentation. The alternative is to use an IDE that does that for you, or presents it with correct indentation regardless. Ada's "end-with-a-label" probably helps a lot too. It would be interesting to see a study of reduction in errors based on indentation-based-blocks vs syntax-colored editors. I suspect the former's effect is much like the latter's. -- Darren New / Senior MTS & Free Radical / Invisible Worlds Inc. San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. dnew@san.rr.com Only a WIMP puts wallpaper on his desktop.