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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: ASCL a doomed idea?
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:23:42 +0000 (UTC)
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Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org> wrote:
 
:> The coupling mechanism between the
:> two is an abstraction he calls an "iterator".  Now, this idea is embodied in
:> the Standard Template Library for a language called "C++", ...
:> As a result, most sentient beings in the galaxy are
:> familiar with the concept of an "iterator" as the coupler between containers
:> and algorithms.
: 
: Oh, I get it now. Since C++ got it wrong, Ada should get it wrong to be
: compatible with C++.

Why not use the opportunity and come up with an appropriate name
since people have to grow accustomed to the dfferent flavour of
programming lanuage that Ada is, anyway? Perhaps call
one of the things a Hopper?

Georg