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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ce0900b60ca3f616 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-09 08:22:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.huji.ac.il!not-for-mail From: "Ehud Lamm" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:12:02 +0200 Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Message-ID: <9sgvg8$bc2$1@news.huji.ac.il> References: <9rti6v$hcu$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9sdnb2$dd4$1@news.huji.ac.il> <72SG7.18851$xS6.30225@www.newsranger.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: di2-101.dialin.huji.ac.il X-Trace: news.huji.ac.il 1005322569 11650 132.64.12.101 (9 Nov 2001 16:16:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.huji.ac.il NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:16:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16134 Date: 2001-11-09T18:12:02+02:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote in message news:72SG7.18851$xS6.30225@www.newsranger.com... > However, I would like to agree with Nick's point that my contempt is > aimed solely at the feature in its current state, not the folks who worked on > the language design. I could easily see where this consequence was either not > forseen, or it wasn't realised how big of a problem the restriction would be. > I am sure we can all agree that no one here feels contempt for the Ada95 designers. Ehud