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,a3bf872bb81a1f2b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-10 17:42:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C156471.A32FC79C@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: ASCL a doomed idea? References: <7RQP7.4406$Yy.272014@rwcrnsc53> <9v0crv$bo2bi$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3C13D980.748CCCDA@acm.org> <9v37s0$cdmva$3@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3C153926.102B17B1@boeing.com> <9v3fu6$1eka$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:42:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.206.198 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1008034947 209.86.206.198 (Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:42:27 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:42:27 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:42:19 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17730 Date: 2001-12-11T01:42:27+00:00 List-Id: "Chad R. Meiners" wrote: > > "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message > news:3C153926.102B17B1@boeing.com... > > > By definition: An iterator is something that iterates. Executable code > > can iterate. Types and objects cannot. > > Think back to your computation theory. Executable code is an object. Think back to the name of this newsgroup. In Ada, an object is something with a subtype attached, such as a variable or constant. -- Jeff Carter "Hello! Smelly English K...niggets." Monty Python & the Holy Grail