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Subject: Re: Other Ada Standards (was Re: SIGada Conference)
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message news:<bsmfaq$d8f2i$1@ID-77047.news.uni-berlin.de>...

> With/use issue is rather a cosmetic one. It might be very important for
> language promoting, though for those who are using Ada on daily basis, it
> is uninteresting, yet.

Yes, it's mainly a cosmetic issue, but it also has to do with not
forcing the *reader* to read the same thing twice and verify that it
is indeed the same thing. And yes, I can understand why it might be
uninteresting to people who use Ada regularly. They are wrestling with
much more complicated issues. But I also understand that most of the
folks here would like to see a wider acceptance of Ada. And the double
naming of library units is the first thing that a prospective new user
of Ada sees in Ada source code.

As anyone who has ever tried to sell anything knows, "cosmetics" and
first impressions are important. Ask any woman trying to attract a
mate. ;^)