From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: ada and robots
Date: 1997/06/18
Date: 1997-06-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.97Jun18152054@alexandria.organon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33A7427F.6646@epix.net
In article <33A7427F.6646@epix.net> "Matthew S. Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> writes:
> much to the point. I'm not sure how to reconcile the disagreement
> between Jon and Robert with respect to whether 1.5 of the points made
> were legitimate or not, but this provides a good reason for me to study
> Ada a little more to make my own judgement.
Which of these are you thinking about? The varying argument list?
Robert is correct - it is not _directly_ supported, but the effect can
be rather simply achieved. This is something to really watch out for
and why the so called "Dewar Effect" of learning a language's idioms
can be important. Just because X does not have Y's construct C for
doing Blah doesn't mean that the _effect_ of Blah given by C is not
directly expressible in X. It typically only means it is expressed
differently.
In any case, your last point is exactly correct - make your own
_informed_ judgement.
> appreciate the time you all took to respond, especially those with
> useful responses! I'm not sure which is worse, the ignorance of many C
> and C++ programmers or the arrogance of many Ada programmers...
Good question. Arrogance is certainly more annoying while ignorance
is much more frustrating and difficult to work through. Probably a
wash...
/Jon
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1997-05-28 0:00 ada and robots John Bohn
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-05-30 0:00 ` John Cook
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-01 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-02 0:00 ` John G. Volan
[not found] ` <5mv984$7kn@news.emi.com>
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Martin A. Stembel
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-28 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
[not found] ` <9706052229.AA29554@jaguar.nmc.ed.ray.com>
1997-06-06 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-07 0:00 ` RC
1997-06-09 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` George Haddad
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` jim granville
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Re(dux): Ada for small machines (was Re: ada and robots) Ken Garlington
1997-06-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-29 0:00 ` ada and robots Matthew Heaney
1997-07-03 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-07-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Kenneth W. Sodemann
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1997-06-22 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Matthew S. Whiting
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-04 0:00 ` RC
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-06-04 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-02 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Jan Galkowski
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Albert K. Lee
1997-06-06 0:00 ` dana
1997-06-07 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-10 0:00 ` dana
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1997-06-05 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-05 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-09 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Erik Magnuson
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-09 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-12 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-16 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Will Rose
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1997-06-16 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1997-06-19 0:00 Jon S Anthony
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-22 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-20 0:00 Ada " Huy Vo
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-24 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-07-01 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-06-26 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-06-27 0:00 ` nma123
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
[not found] <867541382.23405@dejanews.com>
1997-06-29 0:00 ` John Howard
1997-06-30 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-01 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Will Rose
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Mattias Sj�sv�rd
1997-07-01 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-02 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-07-02 0:00 Huy Vo
1997-07-04 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
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