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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-19 07:50:14 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:42:18 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <91nvko$vaj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <91b9ma$bne$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A3E36C4.3466A19C@averstar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.41 X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Dec 19 15:42:18 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x73.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.41 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3249 Date: 2000-12-19T15:42:18+00:00 List-Id: In article <3A3E36C4.3466A19C@averstar.com>, Tucker Taft 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 :-) :-) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/