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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 17:53:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: byhoe@greenlime.com (Adrian Hoe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Date: 30 Jul 2001 17:53:38 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <9ff447f2.0107301653.c8f5e94@posting.google.com> References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.106.198.74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 996540818 23110 127.0.0.1 (31 Jul 2001 00:53:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Jul 2001 00:53:38 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10798 Date: 2001-07-31T00:53:38+00:00 List-Id: Russ Paielli <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:<3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com>... > > Because "=" is the simplest fricking symbol that could possibly be used > for assignment. Why is this so hard for Ada programmers to understand? > What's so great about ":="? Why not use "$=" or "%="? "=" means equal. "IF A = 0 THEN" reads as "if A equals 0 then" and ":=" means assignment. > What I am proposing would not make programs "less readable." It would > make them MORE readable, especially for new Ada programmers. If > long-time Ada programmers are unable to see that, I believe Ada will > become an obscure niche language, like HAL or Jovial. That would be a > terrible shame, because Ada has excellent fundamentals and could become > a dominant language. Honestly, if you think Ada already has excellent fundamentals, why border a change? Adrian Hoe