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: 103376,715875e575230543 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-21 17:26:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!transit.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Thought this was funny Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:23:28 +0400 (MSD) Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <3F95AFE3.7030308@comcast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1066782249 36494 80.67.180.195 (22 Oct 2003 00:24:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:24:09 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3F95AFE3.7030308@comcast.net>; from "Robert I. Eachus" at Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:16:16 GMT X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.44 MSDOS] 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:1349 Date: 2003-10-22T04:23:28+04:00 Robert I. Eachus wrote: > he must have been taught that your program design should allow for > changes in requirements. He was prepared for another value being added > to Boolean. ;-) Perhaps yes (and it may be not so funny as it seems - Boolean may be easily changed to anything in some application domains). But there may be another reason: he may found that his manager or analyst understands this form better (this is practical observation also). Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia