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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7f4d16c4ee371eb5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Ken Garlington" Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package? Date: 2000/03/28 Message-ID: <4EVD4.17225$624.1466328@news.flash.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 603242522 References: <38DF7F38.8D656ABD@lmtas.lmco.com> <38DFB0BC.9FF72EFC@callnetuk.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 954214016 216.215.73.95 (Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:26:56 CST) Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:26:56 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Try using the dot (".") as the symbol that signifies logical dereferencing (of access values, records, packages...) and see if "all" makes more sense. "Nick Roberts" wrote in message news:38DFB0BC.9FF72EFC@callnetuk.com... > Gary Scott wrote: > > > > Admittedly a "fluff" question... > > > > I notice that a lot of modern languages choose names/syntax that I > > personally do not find intuitive. Other languages contain basically the > > same feature but call it by different names (module, etc.). Why was > > "package" considered the intuitive name for this feature? > > One answer might be: because a word had to be chosen. Now (if you really > want to ruffle some feathers ;-) ask why 'all' was chosen as the word to > signify dereferencing (hardly intuitive), > -- > Nick Roberts > http://www.adapower.com/lab/adaos