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Subject: Re: Ada Successor Language
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Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53161
Date: 2018-06-19T06:54:36-07:00
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On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 6:51:20 AM UTC-5, Dan'l Miller wrote:
> On Monday, June 18, 2018 at 7:20:15 PM UTC-5, Lucretia wrote:
> > On Monday, 18 June 2018 20:16:31 UTC+1, Niklas Holsti  wrote:
> > > My entry into the pool of names: Ada Nouveau.
> >=20
> > Nope. Said it before, I'll say it again, get rid of the name Ada and al=
l connotations, otherwise you're just
> > dooming any new language to the same fate.
>=20
> Ada Nouveau, Ada'Succ, HyperAda, or whatever its name would be needs both=
 Ada's current syntax as
> well as a C-esque syntax mapped isomorphically as a per-programmer prefer=
ence, normalized at check
> out from and check-in to repositories much the same as tabs/spaces conver=
sion or LF/CRLF line
> termination conversion.
>=20
> To that end, both syntaxes of the same language each need their own disti=
nct name.  Given that A and D
> are hexadecimal digits, this lends itself nicely to:
> 1) the successor-to-Ada with the current syntax would be called Ada (pron=
ounced Ada hex)
> but
> 2) the isomorphic mapping to C-esque syntax would be called 0xAda (pronou=
nced hex Ada).
>=20
> And Luke can call them 2778#10 and 2778 if he likes to eliminate the name=
 Ada by converting to base
> 10.

Oh, I meant 16#Ada.  The confusion arose via:  in 16#Ada, the base would al=
so be permitted to be specified by suffix subscripts:  16#Ada =3D Ada=E2=82=
=81=E2=82=86 =3D 2778=E2=82=81=E2=82=80 (=3D 0xAda in C).