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,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 13:35:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.esat.net!iol.ie!news.iol.ie!not-for-mail From: Barry Kelly Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Message-ID: <3j6jmtchpgju4l9sj0qbi011nbahre2gbo@4ax.com> References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 20:35:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.125.48.108 X-Complaints-To: abuse@iol.ie X-Trace: news.iol.ie 996784526 194.125.48.108 (Thu, 02 Aug 2001 21:35:26 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 21:35:26 BST Organization: Ireland On-Line Customer Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11134 Date: 2001-08-02T20:35:26+00:00 List-Id: In article <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> "Gary Lisyansky" wrote: > Pascal uses Ada- like syntax, Wrong. Ada uses Pascal-like syntax. > > > Why is it so very important to use = to set a value and then == when you > > > check it? I have not understood this. > > > > Because "=" is the simplest fricking symbol that could possibly be used > > for assignment. Why is this so hard for Ada programmers to understand? > > What's so great about ":="? Why not use "$=" or "%="? > > It's a change for the sake of change. It doesn't eliminate any serious > verbosity. ":=" is simply traditional. "=" for assignment is mathematically meaningless. What mathematician in their right minds would write i = i + 1 ? -- Barry -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Team JEDI: http://www.delphi-jedi.org NNQ - Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings http://web.infoave.net/~dcalhoun/nnq/nquote.html