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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ee10ec601726fbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 06:22:41 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.cc.ukans.edu!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: is Ada dying? Date: 8 Oct 2001 18:42:26 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9pss2i$8201@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <3BC0F75B.51D32B3@adaworks.com> <9pr8gu0tnf@drn.newsguy.com> <3BC1305D.1C6910C@worldnet.att.net> <9prfvm01cqt@drn.newsguy.com> <3BC1C7E3.46046096@worldnet.att.net> <9psm790ojt@drn.newsguy.com> <3BC1EDB1.530A3225@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5435.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14009 Date: 2001-10-08T18:42:26+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 08 Oct 2001 18:17:16 GMT, James Rogers wrote: > Look at the word "immutable". It is technically correct. At the > same time it is not a commonly used word. The result is that many > new Java users do not understand this statement. "im" - not; "mutable" - capable of mutating/changing. Is it really that hard a word that it needs to be dumbed-down for the average programmer? > Understanding > usually comes after discovering by experience that the String class > is best used for constant strings. Experiance _is_ the best teacher. No matter what you say, some people aren't going to pick up some things until they experiance them. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis