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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.129.53.82 with SMTP id c79mr336844ywa.10.1504731125396; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:52:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.36.51.147 with SMTP id k141mr75882itk.14.1504731125318; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:52:05 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!q8no325736qtb.0!news-out.google.com!c139ni631itb.0!nntp.google.com!127no540156itw.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:52:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7d014624-d143-4564-abfa-802534693644@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=51.174.245.155; posting-account=uulyKwoAAAA86DO0ODu--rZtbje8Sytn NNTP-Posting-Host: 51.174.245.155 References: <4dc188de-802b-41ad-9cdd-b8246eb9a1c7@googlegroups.com> <47cc6474-8b75-4644-92d0-bd1f694c20e7@googlegroups.com> <7d014624-d143-4564-abfa-802534693644@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Community Input for the Maintenance and Revision of the Ada Programming Language From: Egil H H Injection-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:52:05 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:47954 Date: 2017-09-06T13:52:03-07:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 6:38:05 PM UTC+2, Vincent DIEMUNSCH wrote: > > "If you want fewer keystrokes, use APL." > :-). Ok, but the argument, always used to defend the verbose syntax of Ada, is a little bit weak, because we use high level languages precisely to write less code ! > No, to write readable, maintainable and safer code, with fewer bugs.