Re: Bad coding standards

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <3A3E36C4.3466A19C@averstar.com>,
  Tucker Taft <stt@averstar.com> wrote:

> Well, as usual, we each have our own interpretation of
> history. For what it is worth, my memory is that the Ada 9X
> design team really  hated the ALL CAPS convention of Ada 83.
> Perhaps Robert is giving the reason why the proposed change
> was accepted by the reviewers, rather than the reason why the
> change was proposed in the first place.

Indeed, I was discussing the standardization effort (the
reviewers and WG9). The mere fact that the language design
hated something is not enough to include it in the standard.
For instance, it is quite possible that the design team hated
MTV, but that did not generate a clause in the RM :-) :-)



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