Re: on package naming, should the word "_pkg" be part of it?

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <3BCA8730.E660DB5E@mida.se>, Mats Karlssohn <mats@mida.se> writes:

> Isn't it so, that IF programmers can't adapt to minor syntactical
> differences (such as the object.method() vs. method(object) issue or the
> BEGIN/END vs. {} issue) THEN they are probably pretty bad programmers
> anyway (who probably would have benefited from Ada;s belt and suspenders
> approach) ?

The technical effect of Ada's fail-safe technical approach applies
to certain limited areas where defects are susceptible to mechanical
detection.  There is a larger effect on the mindset of Ada users,
who will use other capabilities of the language (e.g., use of
enumeration types rather than integers) to achieve safer programs.

The bad programmers who can't learn Ada syntax also can't learn
safe programming in general, so I would rather have them _not_
using Ada.