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: 103376,8d3f28f2a74233d2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-01 10:00:04 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie Questions about Get, Get_Line Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 17:46:57 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <92qfqf$7vg$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <98pt4t477fqavihkgfbjioo7peo9vb7f20@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Jan 01 17:46:57 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x51.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3517 Date: 2001-01-01T17:46:57+00:00 List-Id: In article , gressett@iglobal.net wrote: > Simple problems that get repeatedly solved should have > standard solutions, so that they quit being problems. All the problems discussed in this thread have simple straightforward solutions using Text_IO. Yes, as is often the case on CLA, you get a thread with a lot of confusion and unhelpful suggestions and comments, but I don't see how a language design can help that (indeed CLA is better that way than most other language forums :-) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/