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: 103376,52fd60a337c05842 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-14 11:44:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!west.cox.net!cox.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D0A399C.EF6F1BD9@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: ada paper critic References: <3D0A1293.5000005@ozemail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:44:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.17.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1024080293 63.184.17.74 (Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:44:53 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:44:53 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25964 Date: 2002-06-14T18:44:53+00:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" wrote: > > "Andrew Maizels" wrote in message > news:3D0A1293.5000005@ozemail.com.au... > > Alderson, Paul A. wrote: > > > > > MY_BIG_BLOATED_PACKAGE_NAME.MY_BIG_BLOATED_VARIABLE_NAME := > > > > MY_OTHER_BIG_BLOATED_PACKAGE_NAME.MY_BIG_BLOATED_ARRAY_OR_FUNCTION(MY_BIG_BL > > > OATED_GLOBAL_LIT_PACKAGE.AND_OF_COURSE_A_BIG_BLOATED_LITERAL); > > It's considered good style to reserve capitals for constants. No, all caps should only be used for acronyms. Standard Ada style is to use lower case for reserved words and initial caps for all other identifiers. More importantly, no competent software engineer uses global variables. Alderson's use of global variables indicates that he is not competent to have an opinion on the subject. Finally, this is clearly a troll. Let us all show the superiority of those who use Ada by never responding to trolls. -- Jeff Carter "I wave my private parts at your aunties." Monty Python & the Holy Grail