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: 103376,54889de51045a215 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-16 08:59:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: + in ada Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:55:02 +0200 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1066319800 66110 80.67.180.195 (16 Oct 2003 15:56:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:56:40 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p5 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:992 Date: 2003-10-16T17:55:02+02:00 | -----Message d'origine----- | De: Hyman Rosen [mailto:hyrosen@mail.com] ... | Lionel.DRAGHI@fr.thalesgroup.com wrote: | > To understand "B :+ A", you need some programming background. | > To understand "Add (A, To => B)", you just need english. | | And Ada is meant to be a programming language for | people without programming background? No, and i did not say that. I just say that you will hardly gain readability by replacing a clear verb with a cryptic smiley. Clear enough this time? :-) -- Lionel Draghi