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: 103376,6d608a86e65c95d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-05 18:22:49 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!enews.sgi.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.sttls1.wa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mark Lundquist" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <9ai8dp$cm2$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Ada Stuff and some confusion X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 01:22:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.66.55 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.sttls1.wa.home.com 986520169 24.20.66.55 (Thu, 05 Apr 2001 18:22:49 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 18:22:49 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6543 Date: 2001-04-06T01:22:49+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote in message news:9ai8dp$cm2$1@nh.pace.co.uk... > > In other words, a Definition lays out what a thing looks like - a > Declaration is what actually makes the thing come into existance. (Sort of > like the difference between saying "Light: a particle/wave that moves at > 186000mps..." and "Let There Be Light!") That's good! :-) --mark