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M E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> wrote:
 
>> >Ada is a cathedral. Beautiful, mathematical and complete.
>> 
>> Well, like a cathedral - magnificient exterior, inspiring interior and good
>> liturgy. What is not so impressive there - is the doctrine -;) 
>
>Which doctrine? I mean, with Ada?

Well, usually a cathedral is associated (at any given moment of time) with 
some doctrine. 

Although Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine ) rightly notes
that "Sometimes 'doctrine' is an ambitious word for a mere slogan", I didn't
use the word in that sense, as the doctrine behind Ada is not a mere slogan,
far from that. Therefore, if you don't know about that doctrine (and perhaps
do not even suspect its existense) then I can't help it. After all, generally,
real doctrines (unlike mere slogans) cannot be communicated via small talk.

In the case of Ada language, the doctrine may be generally described as a set
of principles, particular case studies and authoritative views that provide
guidelines for the language development and maintenance.

>And what does the subject mean?

Just a recognition of extraordinary prolific participant in comp.lang.ada .
Within an Ada program such a great producer of messages probably deserves
a separate package (child package, of course) for proper encapsulation.