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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1901f265c928a511 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!0e8a908a!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Typing in Ada References: <2i1t1lFij4g5U1@uni-berlin.de> <9ZRuc.8410$hB2.7017@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:05:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.161.84.198 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1086062738 68.161.84.198 (Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:05:38 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:05:38 EDT Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:982 Date: 2004-06-01T04:05:38+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > Apples and Oranges are typically used in discussions, but limiting > the range from 0 to 101 is quite common if you are counting votes > in the US Senate. Or 0 to 100 and treat the tiebreaker situation > like the special case that it is. Until Puerto Rico (or Iraq!) becomes a state. > A count of 0 to 435 (437?) House votes likewise has limited range, > and there is no situation in which the two are to be added (unlike > the corresponding Massachusetts State Government votes). Yes, you're safer there, since that number will not change even if a new state is added. Nevertheless, I submit that your examples actually demonstrate my point more than they do yours.