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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-04 10:15:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news-x2.support.nl!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:14:24 -0800 (PST) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: 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 X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1015265702 97695 137.194.161.2 (4 Mar 2002 18:15:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:15:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3C839A76.3070109@mail.com> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk 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:20778 Date: 2002-03-04T10:14:24-08:00 > Perhaps you are confusing mainatinability with > verbosity and > lack of punctuation? I wouldnt say I was confusing the two, i would say that in many instances they are one and the same (verbosity and maintainability). Of course, there are exreame examples, verbosity is not and end unto itself. In every case that I have come across, attempts at tersness always lead to code that is more difficult to understand. I believe that this is largly becuase diffrent programmers think in diffrent ways. What might be terse but understandable to you is simply terse and confusing to others. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com