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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c890e6ab3fb2c5fc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,c890e6ab3fb2c5fc X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-07 07:24:25 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Path: swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!news3.near.net!noc.near.net!ray.com!news.ray.com!news.ed.ray.com!swlnews.msd.ray.com!swlvx2!jgv From: jgv@swl.msd.ray.com (John Volan) Subject: Re: Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help] Sender: news@swlvx2.msd.ray.com (NEWS USER) Organization: Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA Message-ID: References: <3gtai2$3mq@horus.mch.sni.de> <3gudf1$ia1@network.ucsd.edu> <132301@cup.portal.com> <9503802.3538@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 14:43:37 GMT Xref: swrinde comp.lang.ada:26319 comp.lang.c++:112519 Date: 1995-02-07T14:43:37+00:00 List-Id: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) writes: >R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes: >>Hmm, just wondering, but has there ever been a computer programming >>language similar in "syntax" to Latin? (using "prefixes"/"suffixes" >>only instead of order to indicate which identifers were refering >>to the procedures/functions and which to data sources or destinations). >> >>Most programming languages seem to use order related syntaxes >>(e.g. prefix, infix, or postfix operator notation)... >Prolog uses case to distinguish between variables (which are data >sources/ destinations) and atoms (which Prolog uses for constants, >functions, and procedures). Variables must start with an uppercase >letter (or an underscore) while atoms must start with a lowercase >letter (or be quoted). I think what Tim was referring to was *grammatical* case (think: declension), not *typographical* case (think: capitalization). >-- >Fergus Henderson - fjh@munta.cs.mu.oz.au >all [L] (programming_language(L), L \= "Mercury") => better("Mercury", L) ;-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Me : Person := (Name => "John G. Volan", E_Mail_Address => "jgv@swl.msd.ray.com", Employer => "Raytheon", Affiliation => "Enthusiastic member of Team-Ada!", Favorite_Slogan => "Ada95: The World's *FIRST* International-Standard OOPL", Humorous_Language_Lawyerly_Disclaimer => "These opinions are undefined by my employer, so using them would be " & "totally erroneous ... or would that be a bounded error? :-) "); --------------------------------------------------------------------------------