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,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,808505c9db7d5613 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Subject: Re: Looking for good Ada95 book Date: 1996/11/12 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 195958823 references: <32723F6A.54A3@dtek.chalmers.se> <32750568.123@essi.fr> <01bbc5d8$a3b24e00$6a9148a6@cornerstone.mydomain.org> <55955a$n04@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <563ikc$ipl@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <19961110155556618957@dialup102-5-9.swipnet.se> <199611111501281395400@dialup81-4-2.swipnet.se> organization: New York University newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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.