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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul Rubin Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: newbie, Spark 2014 or Ada 2012 Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:56:17 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <87pp438tm6.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> References: <974c8db0-c9e8-49d4-8db1-3417ec49217b@googlegroups.com> <87k2uenkcw.fsf@nightsong.com> <87615x9s3o.fsf@jester.gateway.sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="22184b02e80198190244f5a2dd813f11"; logging-data="9042"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/QhGtyjuYele+ChhNu+Dmn" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xLvuLotFHCMz5r4PUCXEXuYk6zA= sha1:Ls+2MXG/VvwTM6dK1JKMDlS8ClE= Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:194002 Date: 2015-07-07T15:56:17-07:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" writes: > One could argue that if the use of a separate tool is needed to make > the use of a language sensible, there's something wrong with the > language design. (After all, why isn't that tool part of the > compiler?) You could say the same thing about SPARK.