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From: Simon Wright <simon.j.wright@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Are there noticable differences in Ada acceptance by country?
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"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org> writes:

> gpriv@axonx.com wrote:
>>
>> From my own C experience: using code from different sources X and Y
>> coordinates in function calls were in different order: foo(x,y);
>> boo(height, width), etc. Easy to overlook.
>
> Which is why we don't use C:
>
> Foo (X => X, Y => Y);
> Boo (Width => X, Height => Y);

or angles clockwise from North, with X positive East & Y positive North:

  Bearing := Arctan (X => Y, Y => X);