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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-28 21:26:11 PST Message-ID: <3C7F1044.4080509@users.sf.net> From: Dave Poirier User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> <250220022121494455%thehouseofcards@remove.this.part.mac.com> <3C7B0B13.3080003@worldnet.att.net> <3C7D1C89.2000803@home.com> <3C7E7CAD.7070504@mail.com> <3C7F0F16.480CAFE1@adaworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:23:16 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.94.42.23 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1014960195 65.94.42.23 (Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:23:15 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:23:15 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20631 Date: 2002-03-01T00:23:16-05:00 List-Id: Richard Riehle wrote: > Hyman Rosen wrote: > > >>Michal Nowak wrote: >> >>>Another issue when learning a programming language is if the learner >>>likes it. Maybe that is why learning Ada came rather easily to me. >>> >>I know I have a visceral dislike for the Pascal-style languages. >>Pascal, Modula-N, Oberon, Ada - they all just rub me the wrong >>way when I look at them. It's hard for me to appreciate that Ada >>is intended to be reader-friendly when my brain is going "yuck" >>whenever I look at some code. >> >>Hmm. Wirth, Ichbiah, you - maybe it's some sort of Europe/America >>thing :-) >> > > There is a credible rumor that the we are on the verge of a world-wide > shortage of curly braces. When we exhaust the remaining supply, > everyone will have to switch to some language not in the C family. :-) > > Richard Riehle Yay! I'll be able to get back programming in Assembly ! ;) EKS - Dave Poirier