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,a00006d3c4735d70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-03 23:01:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!adsl-213-200-246-247.cybernet.CH!not-for-mail From: Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: In-Out Parameters for functions Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 08:00:47 +0100 Organization: JeLlyFish software Message-ID: <906120pv9cnj95mgmq3lt07nvtcidv32uc@jellix.jlfencey.com> References: <1075482385.142744@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1075732402.294581@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1075741279.952497@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <16nu1099ekujjbpe9dqvs3noi9sdcfja6e@4ax.com> <1075817212.745748@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1075824683.769215@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1075851506.238480@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-213-200-246-247.cybernet.ch (213.200.246.247) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1075878067 32962696 213.200.246.247 ([175126]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5211 Date: 2004-02-04T08:00:47+01:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > I have yet >to hear why a deliberate ambiguity is better than a definite order. Because it is better to remove the ambiguity instead of making it look like something else when in fact it isn't. Vinzent.