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: 103376,8a602a7f65bebaea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-21 08:35:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95 Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:34:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <20021017-143635-828420@foorum.com> <3DAF0ECE.7080204@acm.org> <3DB0785A.1040304@acm.org> <3DB1A736.7000506@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: host217-40-214-245.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1035214448 17392 217.40.214.245 (21 Oct 2002 15:34:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:34:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29992 Date: 2002-10-21T15:34:08+00:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3DB1A736.7000506@acm.org... > Inventing new terms for well established, existing ideas adds ambiguity. > In software engineering, that is irresponsible, if not unethical. Using > such terms compounds that irresponsibility. I was appalled at "method" > when I first encountered it in the early 1980s and I continue to refuse > to use it. Just wondering how you feel about "methodology" - when I were a lad this meant 'the study of methods' and I'm still willing to get on a hobby-horse about it! :-)