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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,57547e48b4c4d9b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-17 21:18:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!proxad.net!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Leon Winslow Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada programs depend on fonts (was: aunit?) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:16:37 -0400 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: References: Reply-To: leon.winslow@nospamplease.notes.udayton.edu, "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1050639517 33229 137.194.161.2 (18 Apr 2003 04:18:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:18:37 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway" Return-Path: X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36272 Date: 2003-04-18T00:16:37-04:00 I agree but with one addition. The great majority of the guidelines apply to almost any third generation language, not just to Ada. Furthermore, reading the justifications give students a better feel for good programming in genral. For these reasons I have often made it required in many of my classes. Lee Winslow "David C. Hoos" wrote: > Has anyone compared the GNAT style to the > Ada 95 Quality and Style Guide: > Guidelines for Professional Programmers > available at: > http://adaic.org/docs/95style/ > > This style guide covers a lot more than code presentation > (which is all that the GNAT style enforces). It covers such > equally-important subjects as naming conventions, concurrency, > portability, performance, and a lot more. > > It also provides a rationale for each of its guidelines -- guidelines > which, if followed, would produce more-readable, more-maintainable, > and better-performing Ada programs. > > Just my $0.02 worth. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Leake" > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada > To: > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 12:19 PM > Subject: Re: Ada programs depend on fonts (was: aunit?) > > > > The point is for the entire Ada community to have exactly _one_ > > definition of good style, and _always_ use it. Then it is always > > faster to convert everything to that _one_ style, or to simply write > > in that style in the first place. > > >