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, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a644fa9cd1a3869a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-13 13:53:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.2 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:08:26 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9ss24b$l8v$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BECA3B7.5020702@telepath.com> <3BF0247D.4500975E@san.rr.com> <5BXH7.22252$xS6.34813@www.newsranger.com> <3BF052D3.ECEF3FF2@san.rr.com> <3bf14919$1@pull.gecm.com> <9srt4e$j46$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1005685707 21791 136.170.200.133 (13 Nov 2001 21:08:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:08:27 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16463 Date: 2001-11-13T21:08:27+00:00 List-Id: Fair enough. If we went down the path of doing essentially CAR/CDR to please the Lisp folks, the Unix guys would come out of the woodwork and want you to impliment Head and Tail operations that would give you the first/last N elements. And then the Eiffel guys would be there wanting pre/post conditions and before you know it, the moon is turning blood red, lions are having sex with sheep, the Seventh Angel breaks the Seventh Seal, a toy company makes a tank that folds out into a rain forest and pretty much the world as we know it comes to a screeching halt. I really hate it when that happens. :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:cIfI7.23431$xS6.37207@www.newsranger.com... > > I'll take that as a note of disagreement... >