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: 103376,61ca51fcfd50e9a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-23 06:24:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!diablo.voicenet.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031008 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GNAT Programming System 1.4.0 release References: <1069351258.801696@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1069425730.240407@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1069440595.219148@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:24:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.84.211.17 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1069597459 162.84.211.17 (Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:24:19 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:24:19 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2875 Date: 2003-11-23T14:24:19+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > Who is the best equipped for designing the features of software for > programmers? A software decorator who knows how to spell compiler, but > not what it is? You are making the error of equating features with interface. Imagine it this way. Suppose we took your favorite IDE and redistributed all the key assignments or menu item locations randomly. All the features would still be present, but would you be as pleased with it?