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From: khostelley@yahoo.com (Kevin Hostelley)
Subject: Re: Manifesto against Vector
Date: 5 May 2004 06:21:39 -0700
Date: 2004-05-05T06:21:39-07:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <95476e79.0405050521.6687247e@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c78c42$ctc$1@hercules.btinternet.com

"Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> wrote in message > > I am with Alexander and Marius on this.

> > "Vector" is inaccurate and misleading for this use.
> > An Ada standard should not endorse sloppy terminology.
> 
> 1) "Vector" for better or worse, is now a widely accepted term for this type
> of container;

IMO, the only time that a widely accepted (although inaccurate) term
should be used is if any other term you use would cause confusion.  I
don't think any programmer would have a problem understanding
"Unbounded_Array".


My $.02

Kevin Hostelley
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-05 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <PnHmmb05QD@VB1162.spb.edu>
2004-05-04  9:07 ` Manifesto against Vector Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-04 13:08   ` (see below)
2004-05-04 15:16     ` Martin Dowie
2004-05-05 13:21       ` Kevin Hostelley [this message]
2004-05-05 13:53         ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-04  3:20 Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-05-04 16:30 ` chris
2004-05-04 17:19   ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-04 20:40     ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-05-04 20:58       ` Xenos
2004-05-04 17:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-04 18:24   ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-04 19:17     ` Xenos
2004-05-04 19:53       ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-05  9:24       ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-05  5:28     ` Russ
2004-05-05  7:01       ` tmoran
2004-05-05 17:37       ` Martin Dowie
2004-05-06  3:42         ` Russ
2004-05-06  5:55           ` Martin Dowie
2004-05-06  7:03           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-05-06  9:29             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-06  9:41               ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2004-05-06 12:44                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-06 13:30                   ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2004-05-06 14:35                     ` Wes Groleau
2004-05-07  8:23                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-07 12:38                       ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2004-05-09 20:34                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-10  8:26                           ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2004-05-10 12:13                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-06 14:48                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-07  8:31                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-07 14:30                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-09 20:33                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-05-12 19:49                       ` Randy Brukardt
2004-05-07  7:01                   ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-06 19:53               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-05-07  0:42                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-07  6:49                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-05-07 18:20                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-07 19:15                       ` Simon Wright
2004-05-10  6:49                       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-05-10 17:25                         ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-11 13:25                           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-05-07  5:00               ` Simon Wright
2004-05-07  6:40               ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-07 16:25               ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-05-07  6:33             ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-06 14:28           ` Wes Groleau
2004-05-07  5:15             ` Russ
2004-05-10 11:55               ` Martin Dowie
2004-05-12 19:44                 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-05-12 19:42               ` Randy Brukardt
2004-05-13  5:23                 ` Russ
2004-05-13  5:48                   ` Randy Brukardt
2004-05-13 14:43                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-14  1:02                     ` Russ
2004-05-05 19:45       ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-05 23:21   ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-07  4:55 ` Matthew Heaney
2004-05-10  4:10   ` Matthew Heaney
2004-05-12  7:41     ` Pascal Obry
2004-05-12 12:11       ` Matthew Heaney
2004-05-12 12:50       ` Matthew Heaney
2004-05-10  6:41 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-10 17:41   ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-11  1:29     ` Matthew Heaney
2004-05-11 20:53       ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
     [not found]       ` <XRVrJe0vzF@VB1162.spb.edu>
2004-05-11 22:26         ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-05-11  5:55     ` Martin Krischik
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