Re: simple question on long_float/short_float

["Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>]

On 9/30/2010 8:37 AM, Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> In most languages (other than Ada), you have to use the numeric types provided
> by the language, and select the types that are the closest fit to the
> requirements of the problem. This is part of what is known as "translating the
> problem into the solution space", which makes the software harder to understand,
> since the reader has to understand both the problem and the translation chosen.
>
> In Ada, one can declare numeric types to match the requirements of the problem.
> This is part of what is known as "modeling the problem in the software", which
> is intended to make the software easier to understand, since there is no
> translation from problem to solution space to understand.
>

This really opened my eyes to a very good point that I did not think of. 
You are 100% right.

Very well said.

--Nasser