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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-16 21:55:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.gbronline.com!news.gbronline.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:55:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:56:43 -0500 From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: groleau@freeshell.org Organization: Ain't no organization here! User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, es-mx, pt-br, fr-ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? References: <3F650BBE.4080107@attbi.com> <3F67AAC6.2000906@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <3F67AAC6.2000906@attbi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.9.86.34 X-Trace: sv3-lwFjjtoFBJERVtbNMNx8zwm9jx8OSawpYsy0/evcc3f8tHt88D9nwkgpYZ9Z+5mgJs0Eq/nfTvuNj3+!HGts6H3FJ8RdzMrMsT8HyAtc87UWXciKKPQHZ9/fAu1Phtx8gluBWjSJqB5j6swb8/Pvly+hsfmG X-Complaints-To: abuse@gbronline.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@gbronline.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42602 Date: 2003-09-16T23:56:43-05:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > Wes Groleau wrote (to Russ): > > Interesting how you were not able to persuade any of us ignoramuses > > that temporaries are always needed without it nor that they are never > > needed with it. > > Let me tell you a story with names removed [snip interesting story] > > Both Ada and Fortran were willing to allow her not to use temporaries, > as long as the compiler could verify that this particular gotcha didn't > occur. The story was interesting, but whether due to my IQ or the fact it's an hour past my bedtime, I must confess I do not know whether you were illustrating my point or agreeing with Russ. (Russ insists that A += 1 never needs temporaries and that A := A + 1 always does.) -- Wes Groleau ----------- I've been framed! ... http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html