From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: The Red Language
Date: 1997/09/07
Date: 1997-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.873678467@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 340ee253.239748688@news.mindspring.com
Bob says
<<Tartan was done as a protest of the complexity of the four
bespoke designs. It was much simpler; the specification was
about 1/20th as thick as the others (I know, that's not a very
good measure of language complexity). It was said to be compliant
with Steelman, a claim I was unqualified to evaluate. (I do
remember John Goodenough saying that our (SofTech's) design
(Blue?) came closer to meeting that goal than did Green or either
of the others, and that we should have been a bit less fanatical
about Steelman. Hey, how does Ada95 do against Steelman? It
might be interesting to hear in what major ways Ada95 violates
the old requirements.)>>
One obvious violation is the presence of pointers to procedures, which
were specifically ruled out (for good reason) by Steelman! There are
undoubtedly others, but this comes immediately to mind :-)
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1997-09-04 0:00 ` The Red Language Robert Munck
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-09-12 0:00 ` David Wheeler
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
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1997-09-05 0:00 ` Dean F. Sutherland
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
[not found] ` <dewar.873953300@merv>
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Dean F. Sutherland
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Michael & Amy Hartsough
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Overload Resolution in Ada (Re: The Red Language) Brian Rogoff
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` The Red Language Robert Dewar
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Algol 68 references (Was Re: The Red Language) Brian Rogoff
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-22 0:00 ` The Red Language Richard Kenner
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-25 0:00 ` Bruce Link
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Charles Lindsey
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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