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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ff5003422436e4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-06 00:27:22 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!ddsw1!godot.cc.duq.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!aadt!ventures!a311581 From: a311581@ventures.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Kevin Cline) Subject: Re: Easily-Read C++? Message-ID: Sender: a311581@ventures (Kevin Cline) Organization: American Airlines Decision Technologies References: <941005030023_73672.2025_DHR103-1@CompuServe.COM> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 17:47:41 GMT Date: 1994-10-05T17:47:41+00:00 List-Id: It doesn't matter how readable a programming language is to inexperienced users of that language. Most people required to read code in C or Ada end up reading a lot of it. It takes me longer to read Ada, even after 3 years experience, because there are more characters to look at. Every field of human endeavor has created special words & symbols to save time both in writing and reading. Ada's attempt to make code read more like natural language opposes a trend that began with the invention of writing.