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 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-09 07:38:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.compaq.com!newsfeed.frii.net!newsfeed.frii.net!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator2-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc References: <9fa75d42.0304230424.10612b1a@posting.google.com> <4a885870.0304291909.300765f@posting.google.com> <416273D61ACF7FEF.82C1D1AC17296926.FF0BFD4934A03813@lp.airnews.net> <9fa75d42.0305010621.55e99deb@posting.google.com> <254c16a.0305011035.13133e8d@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305011727.5eae0222@posting.google.com> <17cd177c.0305072114.24f04783@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0305090612.261d5a5c@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 14:38:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.203.223.156 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1052491105 151.203.223.156 (Fri, 09 May 2003 10:38:25 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:38:25 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:63393 comp.object:63091 comp.lang.ada:37106 misc.misc:14040 Date: 2003-05-09T14:38:25+00:00 List-Id: > Do you really need your own sub-range of integers > very often? Yes. > Arrays with variable index ranges? Yes. > You must do a very different type of programming > from what I do. I guess so.