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: 103376,25aa3c7e1b59f7b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-13 10:22:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Michal Nowak Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A case where Ada defaults to unsafe? Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:21:24 +0100 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3C39E62F.3020504@look.ca> <3C39E726.8000408@mail.com> <87advpdi0f.fsf@chiark.greenend.org.uk> <3C3A1037.4090005@mail.com> <3C41446A.2010001@mail.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org 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 1010946122 88039 137.194.161.2 (13 Jan 2002 18:22:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:22:02 +0000 (UTC) To: "comp.lang.ada usegroup->mailing list gateway" Return-Path: In-reply-to: <3C41446A.2010001@mail.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.20.01.01 (3) Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: vinnie@inetia.pl List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18868 Date: 2002-01-13T19:21:24+01:00 On 02-01-13 at 08:23 Hyman Rosen wrote: >Hyman Rosen wrote: > > > Hmm. Good point. I should learn Ada :-) (Actually, my copy of Ada As > > A Second Language should be on its way...) > >And now it's here! I've started reading it, and it seems pretty good >so far. Just from the overview section on features of the language I >think I've learned a bunch that I didn't understand before. But as a >dyed-in-the-wool C/C++ guy, I'm going to ignore his advice that >Very_Long_Identifiers are good for me :-) I'm exactly as you here, except that, I'm convinced to Long_Indetifiers :-). Nice to hear that you enjoy it. So do I from my copy. >I got it for under $40 total at Half.com. It's amazingly expensive to >buy a new copy. But they honor only credit cards. Being a student it is very hard to get one, so my only possibility was to pay by cheque in Amazon the full price. I devoted my whole scientifical dotation, but I do not regret it. It was wothy doing it. Enjoy it (as I do), Mike