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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,189a28164788ed2e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-07 00:56:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!usenet.net.nz!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Computer Language Shootout X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:58:55 +1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.54.95.124 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1005123409 210.54.95.124 (Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:56:49 NZDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:56:49 NZDT Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15974 Date: 2001-11-07T21:58:55+13:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:ERMF7.707$Mt6.409626@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com... > >> I coded it using the Claw.Sockets library and, after pretty-printing > >> to normalize white space, the result is 60 lines. > >Isn't it true though that, given a long enough SLOC support from the > >compiler, any Ada program can be written on a single line? > Changing variable names to single letters and dropping unrequired > white space, the whole program fits in about 1200 characters. > With Gnat's 255 line length limit, that's under 5 lines. If that's > the metric, this code is the winner. ;) That's the spirit - was the whole point of my post (Sorry I didn't make the irony even clearer but I did put a smiley in there, didn't I?)