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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,189a28164788ed2e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-06 04:08:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Computer Language Shootout Date: 6 Nov 2001 06:07:51 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1005048473 843 192.135.80.34 (6 Nov 2001 12:07:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:07:53 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15909 Date: 2001-11-06T06:07:51-06:00 List-Id: In article , "AG" writes: > > wrote in message > news:eo5F7.19081$wj5.9421656@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com... >> >For the 'echo server' shootout, I coded up a solution, and Ada 95 was >> >going to be last since 251 lines long. >> I coded it using the Claw.Sockets library and, after pretty-printing >> to normalize white space, the result is 60 lines. > > Isn't it true though that, given a long enough SLOC support from the > compiler, > any Ada program can be written on a single line? Or, at least, use as long > lines > as are supported by the compiler. That'll show them for sure ... :) So, what > was > that metric about? What you describe is indeed an Ada capability. More frequent is more important than more accurate when it comes to broad publicity for Ada. This is public relations, not software engineering.