Re: ACM Ada Letters

["Pat Rogers" <progers@classwide.com>]

> Why do we write and read source code in fixed-width fonts?
> I usually do, and most folks do.
> But variable width is certainly more readable.

I find it easier to format the code (beyond simple indentation, where
tabs suffice). For example, it is easy to format the formal parameters
in a subprogram or entry specification using fixed-width typefaces.  I
line up the colons, the modes and the names of the types.  Not fun
with a variable-width typeface.

In the approximately 1000 slides for my Ada courses I used a
variable-width typeface on the slides. That made it easy to fit text
on the slide that otherwise would have been too wide, among other
advantages, but it is a real pain to format.  Change the point-size
and you have to reformat it all.