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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3413256b2f4bedfc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.rcn.net!news.rcn.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:14:43 -0500 Sender: jsa@rigel.goldenthreadtech.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: What was the first programming language to use References: <43045094_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> From: jayessay Organization: Tangible Date: 19 Aug 2005 10:22:15 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.6.25.79 X-Trace: sv3-xs8ZgIJXmTrkN591QSsujH5fjMa4vrfQf5OdLXL1eq7IZsQVhyiCXQHY4ux7epmr0NAqqCB9IbWxgLS!yP6y5icJnkvNjZBJA5LP1OQRn2ORuv4J0vqmv39ZwV/06jwCpUUvt8hU5vyZAguioboI4Ar4dtZx X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4187 Date: 2005-08-19T10:22:15-04:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > In article , David Trudgett > writes: > > Robert A Duff writes: > > >> An important difference between Ada's generics and most macro systems > > > > A small quibble, perhaps: I don't think one can use the phrase "most > > macro systems" for the simple reason that (as far as I'm aware) no > > language family besides the Lisp one has a macro system (in the sense > > that Lisp has it -- they may well use the same word, but C language > > "macros", for instance, are a completely different beast). > > Bliss macros are also entirely different from C macros. Agreed, but Bliss macros are still no where near Lisp macros. > A difference between Lisp and C does not automatically make Lisp > the only language with the right to use the word "system". I don't see where he said anything about it having the "only right" to the term. /Jon -- 'j' - a n t h o n y at romeo/charley/november com