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: 103376,799e6e37c90ca633 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Future Ada language revisions? Date: 1998/09/27 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 395507898 References: <6um7on$db5$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <1998Sep27.181539.1@eisner> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: 906958630 225 bpr 206.184.139.136 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article <6um7on$db5$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, bpr5549@my-dejanews.com writes: > > > PS: In case anyone is wondering, my main peeve is the restriction on out mode > > function parameters, which I just don't understand, even when I'm trying to > > open minded. I have yet to hear a good defense of this restriction, so if > > anyone has one, I'm all ears, errr, eyes. > > On a more pragmatic note, what do you feel has changed about the > world since 1995 to make people change their minds on this issue? I'm hoping, probably prematurely, that a large number of programmers who hadn't used Ada before Ada 95 are using it now, and that in time perhaps the majority opinion will change. I'm one of those new Ada users, and as I've tried to "sell" Ada to colleagues I've been a bit embarassed at explaining this blemish. > There is no sense wasting resources to debate an issue when those > with a vote have chosen (twice) to let people use procedures rather > than functions to solve this need. Thats really not a solution to the problem. Robert's solution is better, but it involves stepping out of "pure" Ada. However, rather than waste resources on a problem that everyone considers a done deal right now, maybe it would be best if I hadn't written that PS and just asked the question about the process of change for the language. -- Brian