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: 2001-07-31 21:56:38 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!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws06.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.202!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B678C55.6C06C6C4@mediaone.net> From: Ed Falis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <5267be60.0107311835.217a59ca@posting.google.com> <3B678642.2A1ABEDA@sneakemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 04:56:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.96.132.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 996641795 65.96.132.248 (Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:56:35 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 00:56:35 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10915 Date: 2001-08-01T04:56:35+00:00 List-Id: Russ wrote: > Like so many of the other posters here, you are missing the point. I am > not suggesting for a minute that C has a better syntax. Nor am I > suggesting that the amount of typing is the issue. The issue is > extraneous clutter in the code. 99% of semicolons are extraneous > clutter. Many languages, such as Python and Fortran 95 manage just fine > without them. And, for Pete's sake, NO I am not suggesting that Fortran > 95 is better overall than Ada! > > Russ Actually, Eiffel takes some interesting middle ground between Ada and what you propose syntactically. Semicolons are optional except when multiple statements appear on the same line. The subprogram and "block" syntax is somewhat more streamlined. But it stills uses := for assignment, which you probably won't like ;-) You might want to check it out. It's my #2 language. As far as Ada goes, I think the syntax is one of its major features, and one of the things that Ichbiah was rightly proud of. Can't argue taste, I suppose. - Ed