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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-31 03:54:34 PST Message-ID: <3B668E3D.1A372301@amsjv.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:53:49 +0100 From: Philip Anderson Organization: Alenia Marconi Systems ISD X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <3B661AF7.950C62F7@home.com> <3B663304.2BB37ABC@sneakemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: cwmwkn0612.cwmbran.gecm.com X-Trace: 31 Jul 2001 11:44:14 GMT, cwmwkn0612.cwmbran.gecm.com Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!shale.ftech.net!news.ftech.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!cwmwkn0612.cwmbran.gecm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10858 Date: 2001-07-31T11:53:49+01:00 List-Id: Russ Paielli wrote: > > Ahem: "end label;" helps to insure that the programmer knows who's > > "end" it is. It may be inconceivable that programmers have technical > > problems like this, but it happens. > > That's a valid point. Well, believe it or not a lot of thought did go into the design of Ada. > Yes. Most statements take only one line, so you will have far fewer > "extensions" than single-line statements. I'm not actually convinced of that; eg a procedure call plus parameter list is a statement which very rarely fits on one line (only with a single parameter). > > I am already ambidextrous : I can use = for C/C++ and := for Ada. > > I can too. I can also walk on all fours, but I would look like a fool if > I did it all the time, wouldn't I? So would you, I bet. Look up "ambidextrous"; it means being equally capable, and I somehow doubt whether you could walk as quickly or as far on four legs as two. Plenty of people here seem to have no problem being bilingual in Ada and C, only you. -- hwyl/cheers, Philip Anderson Alenia Marconi Systems Cwmbr�n, Cymru/Wales