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Le Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:22:44 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov  =

<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a =C3=A9crit:
>> Another one could argue Ada did not blindly apply any schema to  =

>> anything.
>
> The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
>
> The rule of good language design is: do not introduce irregularities a=
nd
> constraints unless absolutely necessary.
I can suggest you another good intention =E2=80=9Cto hell=E2=80=9D: this=
 kind of  =

constraint may help to point design or specification troubles.


-- =

=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: [Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univer=
sity]