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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public From: mtobler@no-spam-ibm.net (Michael J. Tobler) Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/16 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 433332677 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369CBD05.79D0@telusplanet.net> <369CBDA8.D3673C68@pwfl.com> <77np3q$e6h$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36A045FF.EBA4370@easystreet.com> X-Notice: should be reported to postmaster@ibm.net X-Complaints-To: postmaster@ibm.net X-Trace: 16 Jan 1999 14:35:51 GMT, 32.100.175.126 Organization: MJT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java Date: 1999-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <36A045FF.EBA4370@easystreet.com>, achrist@easystreet.com says... > > "Michael J. Tobler" wrote: > > > > programs. You can create a mess in any language. COBOL doesnt force > > you to write "well-written" applications. Or more maintainable code. > > But by some surprising coincidence, a certain COBOL compiler did > go to some lengths, perhaps unintentionally, to promote the coding > style that Robert Dewar has recently advocated in this thread. It > would mis-compile code if the IF-THEN-ELSE structures were nested > too deeply. "Mis-compile"? Or didnt allow it? If the compiler didnt accept multiple if-else construct, then the compiler writer wasnt doing thier job - they are making the assumption that a programmer "wont do this". This, in my book, is unacceptable. -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Blue Skies >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> < Michael J. Tobler: mtobler@no-spam-ibm.net > < **remove "no-spam-" when replying** > < http://www.webbrew.com/toblermj > < MJTobler:Instant Messenger; 28038932:ICQ > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>