Re: Looking for good Ada95 book

[dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

Lars says

"I have seen so many styles over the years, and so many heated debates
about the subject that I am convinced that this is not a small point to
the individual. Most of us have strong opinions. You obviously have. I
do[1][2] and Michael Feldman seems to have opinions too. Interestingly
all three of us have different opinions on what is and is not readable.
There is no right or wrong. There is only opinion. There will never be
consensus over an entire user community."

How little you understand my position! I have no opinion on what is 

or is not readable. In my experience anyone can get used to anything.
My point is that we might as well all get used to the same style,
and luckily, as I see from a very large sample of Ada 95 users, the
great majority DO use a single style. In my opinion, those in the
minority should change -- I did!

As for putting up with differing styles, no, I won't. If anyone at
ACT insisted on using their own idiosyncratic style, I would tell
them they were welcome to do so elsewhere. I don't think the
particular style choice we make in the GNAT project is anyone's
personal ideal, but we all agree that complete consistency is
more important than personal ideal's in this area.

It is, for reasons that I have stated in detail before,
neither pratical nor desirable for a project to live with a variety
of styles if you want the highest possible quality code.