RE: American English (was: Bad coding standards)

["Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil>]

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From: Graeme [mailto:bitstorm@bigpond.com]

> Aesthetics (like, wayyyy off topic) - in philosophy, aesthetics
> applies to the mind... in a round-about-way - so though we may
> say that something is beautiful as we perceive it... and attribute
> aesthetic merit to that entity or object... philosophy looks a lot
> into into the relationship between our perceptions and that which
> we believe we perceive... which has pretty well bugger-all to do
> with ada or programming... perhaps.

Finally, someone who grasps what I was trying to say.

> Some mathematicians "know" when a theory (or solution to a theory,
> whatever) is correct by the innate beauty of that aesthetic entity
> they perceive in their mind's eye... I imagine that a (good)
> programmer also knows when their solution is on the right track
> because of some symmetry or harmony to the system under analysis
> or construction... perhaps Ada makes this mental visualisation/
> comprehension a little more intuitive by its architecture ?

So long as it readable ;-)  Thanks for expounding.

> Which begs my question:
> "Is a symmetrical (in the sense of harmonious, well-ordered,
> coherent) design also an effective one ?"   I don't know...
> I am just a lowly student....

Sounds like you do know.  I would hire you.

Frank