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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why are Ada compilers difficult to write ? Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:10:33 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <584564c2-9f64-4965-b045-535cdaf899c0@googlegroups.com> <7cb22c58-3009-47f0-8fe7-62f3cd61785d@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:10:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="908ae2b5e72e7b44c2b9d3a6cee26187"; logging-data="11833"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19/0nj3SU5kC2g+orycROVp+IApLWojJF8=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6Olbp7pUvuWX1xQCQMoBsw0Mq38= Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53258 Date: 2018-06-22T17:10:33+00:00 List-Id: On 2018-06-22, Lucretia wrote: > On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 18:55:02 UTC+1, Dan'l Miller wrote: > >> * A section of the Ada _LRM_ standard commonly called the "heart of darkness" which supposedly only a handful of people on the planet grok > > Which section is this in the manual? It should be titled that :) 3.10.2 (according to Randy) Personally, I don't think it's something to be proud of however. When a language is used in the critical environments that Ada is used in, it shouldn't have anything in it which is that difficult to understand. Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world