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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-01 08:51:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!206.13.28.144!news.pacbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B682668.4687D3CA@sneakemail.com> From: Russ <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: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9ff447f2.0107301653.c8f5e94@posting.google.com> <3B6624E6.DF734E5C@sneakemail.com> <9ff447f2.0107311725.5af099ae@posting.google.com> <3B6784C6.200B0B47@sneakemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 08:55:20 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.194.87.148 X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: news.pacbell.net 996681080 63.194.87.148 (Wed, 01 Aug 2001 08:51:20 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 08:51:20 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10950 Date: 2001-08-01T08:55:20-07:00 List-Id: AG wrote: > > "Preben Randhol" wrote in message > news:slrn9mfk14.pbf.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no... > > > 3. I don't see any gain what so ever in removing _one_ character as > > it clearly reduces readability as seen in a previous post. If it is > > so hard to type :=, then make a macro and put it on a shortcut. > > Or just take some typing courses and never again think of that one extra > key-stroke:) > Seriously, is it anyone's claim that a programmer's productivity is limited > by the typing speed? Another one misses the point. The issue is NOT typing. It's clutter. Russ