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,e511f3ccb3da24af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Pat Rogers" Subject: Re: How to make like Fortran "do i = 1,20,2" Date: 2000/07/27 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 651536681 References: <8lpcbe$40n$1@news.uit.no> <39805669.3E7CF6CF@lmtas.lmco.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: nnrp2.sbc.net 964727220 208.191.184.67 (Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:47:00 CDT) Organization: SBC Internet Services X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:47:00 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Gary Scott" wrote in message news:39805669.3E7CF6CF@lmtas.lmco.com... > Hmmm, these and similar examples posted do not make Ada look very > elegant...it makes a very simple concept seem somewhat convoluted. To quote the Ada 83 Rationale: "Several studies on the use of programming languages have shown that the vast majority of loops are very simple. Hence generalities such as the step expression of Algol 60 should be avoided." Like it or not (and I don't), that was the stated justification. -- Pat Rogers Consulting and Training in: http://www.classwide.com Deadline Schedulability Analysis progers@classwide.com Software Fault Tolerance (281)648-3165 Real-Time/OO Languages Adam ... does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant. Mark Twain