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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-04 19:45:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!dfw-peer!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!bpr.best.vwh.net!bpr Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Future with Ada In-Reply-To: <3C83A112.6080302@mail.com> Message-ID: References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> <250220022121494455%thehouseofcards@remove.this.part.mac.com> <3C7B0B13.3080003@worldnet.att.net> <3C7D1C89.2000803@home.com> <3C7E7CAD.7070504@mail.com> <3C7FB9D2.D9C6E055@boeing.com> <3C81DF1F.9000503@mail.com> <3C83A112.6080302@mail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 03:45:46 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.220.65.223 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 1015299833 192.220.65.223 (Tue, 05 Mar 2002 03:43:53 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 03:43:53 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20798 Date: 2002-03-05T03:45:46+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Hyman Rosen wrote: > Chad R. Meiners wrote: > > The problem is that they do not make good teaching material without the > > accompaniment of an introduction and explanation. > > I find it difficult to believe that { } needs an introduction and > explanation that begin/end or if/end do not. On the other hand, > braces are light and airy and nicely set off and separate pieces > of program text which are more wordy, guiding the eye towards seeing > the structure of the code. How do you feel about using layout, like ABC, Python, OCCAM, Haskell, etc.? > It's a religious issue, and a matter of taste. How many times, after > all, has this topic been discussed in the past? Yup. Too many times. The interesting question to me is this: what is the relationship between verbosity and readability? I don't think that there is a simple answer. I find Ada readable, but I think that the syntax is not the most important factor in that opinion. -- Brian