From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Where is the elusive jump command?
Date: 2000/03/28
Date: 2000-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8brfm4$4uc$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 38E0E723.C39C392@quadruscorp.com
In article <38E0E723.C39C392@quadruscorp.com>,
"Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> wrote:
> So let's be willing to show them how to write a
> goto, grab pointers to everything in sight, terminate strings
with
> nulls, etc., all the while trying to convince them that there
is a
> better, easier way.
I disagree, noone teaches goto's in any beginning programming
courses, for good reasons. Anyone desparately wanting to write
gotos has a peculiar starting point.
As for terminating strings with null, that really does not work
in Ada for many reasons, the models of strings are very very
different in C and Ada, and trying to gloss over this will be
a disservice.
As for pointers, I would NEVER tell people about *aliased* until
they understood the language well.
You just confuse people by introducing features that are
unnecessary and will lead them in the wrong direction.
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2000-03-21 0:00 Where is the elusive jump command? dis90072
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Nicolas Brunot
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Nicolas Brunot
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Dan Nagle
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-14 0:00 ` BASIC->Ada, was " tmoran
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` William B. Clodius
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-04 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` OS Bindings (was: Where is the elusive jump command?) Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
[not found] ` <eisner comp.lang.ada:53670>
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-08 0:00 ` nickerson
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Where is the elusive jump command? Dale Stanbrough
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2000-03-21 0:00 dis90072
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
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