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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,136a2b49b817b53c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-26 07:16:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-feed.riddles.org.uk!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!newsfeed.planete.net!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Binary Data File - PLEASE HELP Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:09:45 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <99nm41$1kf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 985619393 1679 136.170.200.133 (26 Mar 2001 15:09:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Mar 2001 15:09:53 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6057 Date: 2001-03-26T15:09:53+00:00 List-Id: Please, Ted! Let's not throw down that gauntlet. :-) There isn't a language anywhere in which it is the least bit hard to write bad code. Maybe we should start a thread here: "Betcha Can't Figure Out What This One Does!!!" Write a subprogram in 100 semicolons or less that is totally compilable, produces correct results, but its up to the readers to figure out what it does. The winner earns the title "Ada Geek Of The Year." The only problem is that most of us here just aren't interested in that sort of problem - we'd rather figure out how to make code as clear as an unmuddied lake. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:mMIv6.2825$fy.4168@www.newsranger.com... > About the only thing you can do with C that you can't do with Ada is have a > yearly obfuscated code contest with thousands of worthy submissions. :-) >