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From: jayessay <nospam@foo.com>
Subject: Re: Ada 2005?
Date: 21 Dec 2004 12:24:12 -0500
Date: 2004-12-21T12:24:12-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m31xdjy37n.fsf@rigel.goldenthreadtech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.205.1103592361.10401.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org

"Alexander E. Kopilovich" <aek@VB1162.spb.edu> writes:

> jayessay wrote:
> 
> > "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> [...]
> > > The point is that:
> > > 
> > > 1. Prefix notation is misleading
> >
> > Not to mention inflexible and limiting.
> 
> And how about the following alternative (which was posted to Ada-Comment in
> June 2003) ?

<proposal for including special syntax for "distinguished parameter"
method call>

IMO, this (and the apparent version in AI-252) is a bad idea with no
technical merit, with significant CogSci downside, and more than
likely the result of a misguided "marketing idea".


/Jon

-- 
'j' - a n t h o n y at romeo/charley/november com



  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-12-21 17:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-18  4:27 Ada 2005? conradwt
2004-12-18  8:08 ` Martin Dowie
2004-12-20 20:06   ` conradwt
2004-12-21  6:51     ` Martin Dowie
2004-12-18  8:47 ` christov
2004-12-19  3:28   ` Randy Brukardt
2004-12-19 19:11     ` christov
2004-12-19 22:07       ` Ada User Journal (was: Re: Ada 2005?) Dirk Craeynest
2004-12-19 22:34         ` Ada User Journal Florian Weimer
2004-12-20  9:19           ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-20 11:02             ` Florian Weimer
2004-12-20 12:22               ` Thomas Hühn
2004-12-27 13:16                 ` Florian Weimer
2004-12-21  0:15   ` Ada 2005? David Botton
2004-12-18  8:51 ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-18 16:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-20 18:49   ` conradwt
2004-12-20 20:10     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-20 23:44       ` jayessay
2004-12-21  1:26         ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-12-21  8:31           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-21 17:24           ` jayessay [this message]
2004-12-21  8:11         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-21 17:10           ` jayessay
2004-12-21 17:12             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-21 21:42               ` jayessay
2004-12-22  8:55                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-22 18:02                   ` jayessay
2004-12-22 19:10                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-23 18:09                       ` jayessay
2004-12-24  9:41                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-27 17:09                           ` jayessay
2004-12-27 19:44                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-27 21:51                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-12-28  9:56                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-12-28 17:56                                   ` jayessay
2004-12-28 17:48                                 ` jayessay
2004-12-28 17:36                               ` jayessay
2004-12-21  8:33     ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-21 15:34       ` jimmaureenrogers
2004-12-21 15:53         ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-22  9:34           ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-12-22 11:01             ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-22 12:52               ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-12-22 16:38                 ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-23 23:05       ` conradwt
2004-12-24  9:24         ` Pascal Obry
2004-12-24  9:59         ` Martin Krischik
2004-12-18 19:31 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-20 18:55   ` conradwt
2004-12-20 23:53     ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-12-21  0:25       ` David Botton
2004-12-19  3:16 ` Brian May
2004-12-20 23:38   ` jayessay
2004-12-21 21:42     ` Brian May
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