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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-19 18:45:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn1feed!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "SteveD" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3d0ce154_5@news.bluewin.ch> Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <8taQ8.82683$R61.28278@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.225.227.101 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1024537540 12.225.227.101 (Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:45:40 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:45:40 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:45:40 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26451 Date: 2002-06-20T01:45:40+00:00 List-Id: "Russ" <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:bebbba07.0206181855.5a80b2fd@posting.google.com... > Robert A Duff wrote in message news:... > > 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) writes: > > > Anyway, saying that "=" is simpler than ":=" seems silly to me. > > Do we measure simplicity by the length of the symbol? > > The length of the symbol is one measure of complexity, but what > bothers me even more than its length is that ":=" is just plain ugly. > I fully disagree. > just for the sake of being different. So the programmer has to say to > himself, "Let's see, am I using Ada now, or am I using a language with > standard syntax?" Wow! When did any language have "standard syntax". If it were standard syntax they would all look like Ada :-) After all Ada has been a "standard" longer than C (unless you want to talk about de-facto standards, but then who uses K&R C anymore?). Rather than try to change the language, how about producing an IDE with a programming language sensitive spell checker? Actually GNAT already does some of what is required since it often suggests that the variable you selected is perhaps some other variable misspelled. Personally I do most of my work in Ada and Delphi. They both use ":=" for assignment. I also do a significant amount of work in C. Sure I have to shift gears a bit when switching between languages, but whats new? I do find that when I go back to work on C I have to switch into "super careful" mode because typo's are often accepted and produce the wrong result. SteveD