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: 103376,198c6302c4a0b0d7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-18 16:53:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!wn1feed!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc54.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mark Lundquist" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3c1dc786@pull.gecm.com> <1008601517.470745@edh3> <1008626816.690418@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1008690461.380980@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Subject: was Re: Ada / C++ comparison paper anymore X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: <_xRT7.4398$xl6.682759@rwcrnsc54> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 00:53:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.127.202.215 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc54 1008723194 204.127.202.215 (Wed, 19 Dec 2001 00:53:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 00:53:14 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18078 Date: 2001-12-19T00:53:14+00:00 List-Id: "Brian Rogoff" wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.4.40.0112181924260.32168-100000@bpr.best.vwh.net... > I have made the point many > times that I think some amount of inference/automatic instantiation, like > what C++ has, would be a great thing in an Ada like language. Yes. > I'd also be > happy with a bit more shorthand, like +:= As long as it doesn't return a value :-) I might prefer a more longhand shorthand :-), e.g. X'Increment; -- (X names object of integer type) X'Increase (By => 1.23); -- (X names object of any numeric type, here a FP type) etc... No new syntax required... -- mark