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: 103376,842accb6a7d76669 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-09 20:03:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BECA6F9.B317CB11@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.1 References: <3BE301D1.4010106@telepath.com> <3BE7DA00.8020807@acm.org> <9sdojl$e6h$1@news.huji.ac.il> <3BEACA5A.9030100@acm.org> <20TG7.18929$xS6.30469@www.newsranger.com> <9sh49o$ohc$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BEC9207.5070309@telepath.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 04:03:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.205.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1005365001 209.86.205.213 (Fri, 09 Nov 2001 20:03:21 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 20:03:21 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 19:59:12 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16192 Date: 2001-11-10T04:03:21+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > Generally, I'd agree with you. However, at least one person did use the > word "unaceptable" when I described the multi-level instantiation > process a Booch user has to go through. I think I used "unacceptable" to refer to the several hours of study you said was necessary to learn to instantiate a simple data structure. Multiple instantiations are undesirable, but multiple instantiations that take hours to learn to use unacceptable. -- Jeff Carter "Son of a window-dresser." Monty Python & the Holy Grail