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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ef0074ec236ba6e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-30 20:15:32 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au!yallara!s9409498 From: s9409498@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Michael Coburn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.object Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 1 Dec 1994 03:14:34 GMT Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Distribution: world Message-ID: <3bjf2q$i69@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3b5ajt$n86@news-2.csn.net> <3b5h8q$de0@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3bd06n$kbt@felix.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: yallara.cs.rmit.oz.au NNTP-Posting-User: s9409498 Xref: bga.com comp.lang.ada:8128 comp.lang.c:32720 comp.programming:5522 comp.lang.c++:39073 comp.object:9217 Date: 1994-12-01T03:14:34+00:00 List-Id: house@helios.usq.EDU.AU (ron house) writes: >How about "Ada - use it when you want to multiply a length by a length >and get a length, or when you want to be prevented from dividing an area >by a length because they have different types." total_area := area(length_one) * area(length_two); yawn.... >(PS: yes, you can fix that by defining zillions of additional *,/,- and + >functions, but good grief...) Do you enjoy doing things the hard way? :-) -- |/-\| Michael Coburn email: s9409498@yallara.cs.rmit.oz.au |/-\| |\-/| |\-/|