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-Thread: 103376,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!transit.nntp.hccnet.nl!transit1.nntp.hccnet.nl!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!transit.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail From: wouter@voti.nl (Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada) Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:15:58 GMT Organization: Van Ooijen Technische Informatica (www.voti.nl) Message-ID: <422b72d8.1143310082@news.xs4all.nl> References: <4229bad9$0$1019$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.84.20.53 X-Trace: 1110143756 news.xs4all.nl 28976 [::ffff:213.84.20.53]:63954 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8772 Date: 2005-03-06T21:15:58+00:00 List-Id: >It has often been commented that a sharp spike protruding from the centre >of the steering wheel will elicit more safe driving than seatbelts or >airbags. Getting used to having a safety net will tend to lead to the less >cautious approach. Following that line I assume you enter your programs in binary using toggle switches? That will make you think twice (or a lot more!) times before entering a mistake. Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------ http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs and other electronics http://www.voti.nl/hvu Teacher electronics and informatics