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-Thread: 103376,6afcf1840abb7c5e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.71.34.3!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Send me a sample prgm in ADA for linked list using access type Date: 13 May 2006 22:47:03 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <1147426476.864349.95890@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1147560551.9085.101.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1147578313 28713 192.135.80.34 (14 May 2006 03:45:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 03:45:13 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4239 Date: 2006-05-13T22:47:03-05:00 List-Id: In article <1147560551.9085.101.camel@localhost.localdomain>, Georg Bauhaus writes: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 09:50 -0500, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > >> I would suggest sticking to ASCII (values 32-127) for maximum clarity. > So, No! It is time to consider that VAX, Alpha, Motorola 68030, x86, > PowerPC, SPARC, etc. have 32 bit words in registers. > We can see that placing 8bit quantities in x86's AL (8 bits wide) > will *not* in general make our programs run faster. You seem to be interested in making people change software to match your goals regarding future software design. I am interested in using the software I have to communicate in English. There are some people who have trouble doing punctuation and capitalization correctly - that is a bigger challenge to the issue of communication.