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: 103376,94edefad05e498d6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-17 02:01:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!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: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:58:19 +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 1066381179 11445 80.67.180.195 (17 Oct 2003 08:59:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:59:39 +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:1061 Date: 2003-10-17T10:58:19+02:00 | -----Message d'origine----- | De: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com [mailto:18k11tm001@sneakemail.com] ... | > To understand "B :+ A", you need some programming background. | > To understand "Add (A, To => B)", you just need english. | | Baloney. If I had no programming background, I would wonder, "What are | the parentheses for?" Then I would wonder, "Why is that arrow-like | thing pointing from `To' to `B'"? After those questions were answered, | I would think, "OK, so we're adding A to B, then what the heck are we | doing with the result? Is it going into A or B or somewhere else | altogether?" Not at all. Or are you considering that people with no programming background are also stupid? Refer to Preben experience in a recent thread. | On the other hand, if you are a professional programmer, and it takes | someone more than 30 seconds to explain what "B :+ A" means, then you | are a full-fledged rockhead, and you should be doing manual labor | rather than programming. There is a form that you need to explain and a form with an obvious meaning. You may have other point to justify this shortcut, but, again, not the readability. -- Lionel Draghi