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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d4fd171f94bc25c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jerry.r.brookshire@lmco.com Subject: Re: Ada Readability ..... Date: 1997/10/24 Message-ID: <62qph7$qro@butch.lmms.lmco.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 284642245 Organization: Lockheed Martin M & S, Sunnyvale, CA Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Taken from: Ray Blaak Subject: Ada Readability (Re: Programming language vote - results) kaz@latte.cafe.net (Kaz) writes: >Ada source has very little to guide the eye, due to its lack of the use of >concise graphical symbols. etc etc etc This reminds me of a story of a few years back. TI and UTAustin were developing a software development suite for the TI Advanced Scientific Computer, and had called in some cconsultant help from MIT or thereabouts. The subject was edit controls, in particular cursor movement. The emacs-based experts were arguing that Control-U was a more intuitive symbol for "up one line" than was the "up-arrow" key! All in your background..... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jerry R Brookshire / System Software Safety Engineer / Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems / Member, Team Ada / jerry.r.rbrookshire@lmco.com 86 S. Cobb Dr.; Dept 73-D5; Zone 0048; Marietta, GA 30063 Office Phone 770/494-8099 / Office FAX 770/494-5104 / Home FAX: 770/319-8350 / ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++