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: 2002-03-08 17:21:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C896384.EB7590F1@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: Future with Ada References: <3C88E832.8BE487B5@boeing.com> <3C8913ED.944A2C2B@despammed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 01:21:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.210.251 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1015636870 209.86.210.251 (Fri, 08 Mar 2002 17:21:10 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 17:21:10 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 17:21:10 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20964 Date: 2002-03-09T01:21:10+00:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: > > > procedure X is > > ... > > begin X > > ... > > and make them mandatory! Of course, the shorthand form for a block then > > Making them mandatory answers that objection, but it > also butchers any goals of backward compatibility. > Please do NOT make it mandatory. Unfortunately for you, I am obviously in a position to make it mandatory if I want to. -- Jeff Carter "I fart in your general direction." Monty Python & the Holy Grail