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,HEADER_SPAM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,745ecf6266b2fdbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,745ecf6266b2fdbf X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 100850,745ecf6266b2fdbf X-Google-Attributes: gid100850,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,745ecf6266b2fdbf X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fc772,745ecf6266b2fdbf X-Google-Attributes: gidfc772,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-04 08:53:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!gemini.plethora.net.POSTED!not-for-mail X-Old-trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1044299322 12961 134.91.1.34 (3 Feb 2003 19:08:42 GMT) Subject: Re: [ANN] an EBNF parser and coding pattern tool (LGPL) References: From: Georg Bauhaus Organization: GMUGHDU X-Scanned-by: MIMEDefang 2.21 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Return-Path: X-Old-complaints-to: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c.moderated,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c++.moderated Message-ID: Originator: clcm@plethora.net (Comp Lang C'Moderated) Date: 04 Feb 2003 16:53:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 8215a5ca.news.plethora.net X-Trace: 1044377613 gemini.plethora.net 79555 clcm@205.166.146.1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@plethora.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c.moderated:7364 comp.lang.ada:33783 comp.lang.c:171284 comp.lang.c++:200957 comp.lang.c++.moderated:59998 Date: 2003-02-04T16:53:33+00:00 List-Id: In comp.lang.ada CBFalconer wrote: : How about Roman numerals? Arabic numbers? Greek letters? Yes, how about them. Certainly Greek letters were use by the greeks, while Polish notation is a misnomer surviving through thoughtless imitation. Likewise, it is C++ templates, not elaborate macro spit, or Ada, a female name, not ADA. (Until recently, we have been eating Americans here. Soft sweet cakes, the name has vanished in a PC correctness effort, in some bakeries.) -- georg -- comp.lang.c.moderated - moderation address: clcm@plethora.net