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: 103376,99f33f51845a7793 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-02 11:16:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.skycache.com.MISMATCH!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!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: <3BE2F10E.4423F1E8@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: 'withing' problem References: <3be27344$0$227$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> <3BE2D5C3.6E81D65B@mediaone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 19:15:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.60.18.249 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 1004728545 24.60.18.249 (Fri, 02 Nov 2001 14:15:45 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 14:15:45 EST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15686 Date: 2001-11-02T19:15:45+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > No, but either moving code automatically or not, one ought to redesign > in Ada in order not to get into this problem with withing. I find it an > odd approache to change the language you are moving code *to* in order > to fit features in the language one is moving the *code* from! The code > should change not the language. If you're using one of the JBC targeted Ada compilers it makes a lot of sense; otherwise your point stands. Besides, my comment was about design in those other languages being sloppy or not, independent of any port to Ada. - Ed