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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,911abff935bc47c X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,63a41ccea0fc803a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: nospam@thanks.com.au (Don Harrison) Subject: Re: Naming of Tagged Types and Associated Packages Date: 1998/08/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 380232452 Sender: news@syd.csa.com.au X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dev7 References: <6qq7lh$acm$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> Organization: CSC Australia, Sydney Reply-To: nospam@thanks.com.au Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1998-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Pat Rogers wrote: :Don Harrison wrote in message ... :>Brian Rogoff wrote: :> :>:Thanks for bringing this back to c.l.a, Patrick. I was loathe to respond :>:to this in c.l.e., as I remember several language wars starting from :>:c.l.ada/eiffel crossposting, and I just don't care for them. :> :>BTW, I cross-posted because Eiffel was being discussed and others :>(Patrick, in this case) may have wanted to participate. My intention :>wasn't to re-ignite a language war. I don't have the time or inclination :>to participate in one. : : :I was surprised to see mention of a c.l.ada/eiffel war. I wasn't following all :such threads terribly closely, partly because of the venom oozing out of the :C++/Eiffel wars. I've found the Ada/Eiffel discussions polite and very :informative, and hope they continue when sufficient interest exists. I agree the current tenor of discussion between Eiffel and Ada advocates is positive. There have been some heated debates in the past which haven't been too constructive. My own criticism of Ada has probably led some to believe I have no appreciation of the language. This isn't true. I happen to prefer Eiffel, though I would choose Ada in preference to C++ any day. Eiffel and Ada advocates are often passionate about their favourite language and crossposting carries the risk of sparking a bun-fight. However, it can also help clear up misconceptions about each. Don. Don Harrison donh at syd.csa.com.au