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-Thread: 103376,a84eaf8fb2470909 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!130.81.64.211.MISMATCH!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny09.POSTED!0e8a908a!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada generics References: <1166710494.869393.108730@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <17fe4xfogg7p5.1dcyc5nyc2gsl.dlg@40tude.net> <1166805696.291429.239590@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com> <1166811980.980627.270680@a3g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <06tzznwsso.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <1166882965.263182.83520@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1166882965.263182.83520@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:23:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.19.111.106 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny09 1167056599 70.19.111.106 (Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:23:19 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:23:19 EST Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8010 Date: 2006-12-25T14:23:19+00:00 List-Id: Marco wrote: > How true, we just search for forgiving C++ compilers (such as Intel) > to keep pushing the old C++ forward. You would be much better served by getting a harsh and forbidding C++ compiler that would reject all the old bad code. Then you could just fix it once, even though it would be painful, and be done. I recommend Comeau .