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: 103376,2746dae4f161c04e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-25 13:44:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C01663F.A088BD86@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: Understanding Booleans References: <20011121.053507.496987743.3460@web.de> <3BFBDF14.4B83708B@boeing.com> <3BFFFE86.7D76A365@adaworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:44:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.205.101 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1006724683 209.86.205.101 (Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:44:43 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:44:43 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:40:27 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16954 Date: 2001-11-25T21:44:43+00:00 List-Id: Richard Riehle wrote: > > Jeffrey Carter wrote: > > > Preben Randhol wrote: > > > > > > if Get_Active (Object) = True then > > > > Am I the only one who finds this objectionable? It ends up meaning the > > same thing as > > > > if Get_Active (Object) then > > As an old Fortranner, I find nothing objectionable in the first form. > Moreover, > I suspect some other old Fortranners might find it more readable. As someone who started out using FORTRAN 66, I find the first form less readable. That's part of my problem with it. Perhaps "objectionable" was a poor word choice. -- Jeff Carter "Sons of a silly person." Monty Python & the Holy Grail