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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Yannick_Duch=C3=AAne_=28Hibou57?= =?utf-8?Q?=29?= Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada platforms and pricing, was: Re: a new language, designed for safety ! Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 05:27:13 +0200 Organization: Ada @ Home Message-ID: References: <5ebe316d-cd84-40fb-a983-9f953f205fef@googlegroups.com> <2100734262424129975.133931laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <5156oy7vhg99.17wu6q2ef45ke.dlg@40tude.net> <18et97c0c22vc$.y98lxxfblijn.dlg@40tude.net> <08f83f70-ccb1-45ec-8a4c-46e3442745b8@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 0gipH8doFnFjPXlWycyiNg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:20607 Date: 2014-06-26T05:27:13+02:00 List-Id: Le Thu, 26 Jun 2014 05:24:47 +0200, Yannick Duch=C3=AAne (Hibou57) = a =C3=A9crit: > Yes, labels, except the syntax of labels in (on purpose?) so ugly it = > prevent it's frequent use. > > =E2=80=9CState_Foo:=E2=80=9D is more intuitive less ugly than =E2=80=9C= <>=E2=80=9D. [=E2=80=A6] That's why I prefer cases switch in a loop whenever a state machine is t= he = most intuitive or readable choice (rarely, but it already happened). -- = =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 Univers= ity