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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-13 15:56:59 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!216.227.56.88.MISMATCH!telocity-west!TELOCITY!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Bad coding standards X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:56:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.81.80 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 976751818 216.215.81.80 (Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:56:58 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:56:58 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3105 Date: 2000-12-13T23:56:58+00:00 List-Id: "Beard, Frank" wrote in message news:B6A1A9B09E52D31183ED00A0C9E0888C469949@nctswashxchg.nctswash.navy.mil.. . : Unless your talking about style guide issues that specify : using "for loops" as opposed to a "slices", or using "case" : statements instead of an "if" statements, then it has no : impact on the operation or performance of the software, just : aesthetics. Ouch! "Just aesthetics?" See ARM, Introduction, paragraphs 7-8 for a contrary position.