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: 103376,3a9b49a9162025eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-06 17:23:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!peernews-us.colt.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3E430A72.4060206@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bye-bye Ada ? (Ada95 Wholesale Changes?) References: <3E3B7BB5.A1A070@adaworks.com> <3NY_9.9226$x63.6255@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> <3E40A07A.CD174746@adaworks.com> <1044457651.769640@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E42A61C.20905@cogeco.ca> <3E42E920.8B2BA525@raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 01:21:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.17.158 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1044580906 63.184.17.158 (Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:21:46 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:21:46 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33857 Date: 2003-02-07T01:21:46+00:00 List-Id: Jerry Petrey wrote: > > I have always used this method with Ada development. That is one of > the things I love about Ada - you can let the compiler do so much of > the work for you. > It is hard to imagine using a language and compiler without this > level of checking again. I agree wholeheartedly. Ada has made me fat and lazy. There is one caveat: compiler errors. I have (rarely) had things work that shouldn't have in situations like this because of compiler errors. -- Jeff Carter "You empty-headed animal-food-trough wiper." Monty Python & the Holy Grail