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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ad988eb0a9545c86 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-18 08:23:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp.newsfirst.net!newshub.more.net!news.more.net!silver.truman.edu!150.243.170.1 From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9b6jtu$4is$2@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <9b6m27$68e$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <0JBB6.10484$FD1.1197250@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <9b7tce$laf$2@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3ADC4320.7ACA3DEC@averstar.com> <9bhoup$h9k$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3ADC7A79.8E853905@mindspring.com> <9bi4g4$97m$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Problem trying to implement generics. X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Message-ID: <3addad93.0@silver.truman.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:16:13 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.243.160.9 X-Trace: news.more.net 987607387 150.243.160.9 (Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:23:07 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:23:07 CDT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6973 Date: 2001-04-18T10:16:13-05:00 List-Id: "Brian Rogoff" wrote in message > and I think it makes sense in a programming language to have shorthand for > very commonly occurring operations. > > For instance, I really wish some future Ada would add << and >> for bit > shifts. Are bit shifts really a commonly occurring operation in Ada? I can only think of think of a handful of time I have needed to use them in my five years of using Ada. -Chad R. Meiners