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-Thread: 103376,42490cad53ee37fa X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexander E. Kopilovich" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: NOACE- End of the road for Ada? Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:54:29 +0300 (MSK) Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1111031967 41055 212.85.156.195 (17 Mar 2005 03:59:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:59:27 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: ; from Robert A Duff at 16 Mar 2005 15:18:31 -0500 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.45 MSDOS] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Original-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9534 Date: 2005-03-17T06:54:29+03:00 Robert A Duff wrote: > I think that's a big part of the reason Java is so popular -- it gives a > comfortable syntax, plus garbage collection, no confusion between arrays > and pointers, etc. Well indeed Java can be briefly characterized (from practical viewpoint) as "relaxed C", with additional remark about Java threads and synchronization. > ... I also find "package X" backwards; it should be > "X: package". The most important thing about a declaration (its name) > should come first. Then what sort of thing it is. Then more details.) But name isn't always the most important thing in a declaration. For example, consider Country Profile, where most probably you'll read: President : George Bush and the list of characters in a play, where the order will be opposite: George Bush : President