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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ichbiah's Letter Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <87mw8ivlr4.fsf@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="30e0388be74df8897bdd626761f9a0a3"; logging-data="18621"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/h3qk/jhQKABLeasbi3maeNAeO//MvNvw=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uzUyjuOgQ4BLBVCy0T3kQ9NRE5I= Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:190072 Date: 2014-10-26T17:46:11+00:00 List-Id: On 2014-10-26, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: > > - Decimal types: > > Okay. - One place where I must admit that I only know of example > sources using this. > Can I assume you have never done any accounting work ? > + Unsigned types: > > Something I use quite a lot and find it hard to imagine managing > without. Also, how would one interface with C et al. without unsigned > types? > If anything, unsigned integers should be the default integer type and you should need to ask for a signed integer in the code. (And yes, I know that in Ada, you just choose a data type to model the problem at hand. This is more an annoyance of mine from other languages such as C.) Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world