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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-30 05:29:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <9k36ae$138k$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3B654276.4040707@bigfoot.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 996496192 26697 129.241.83.82 (30 Jul 2001 12:29:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:29:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10728 Date: 2001-07-30T12:29:52+00:00 List-Id: In article <3B654276.4040707@bigfoot.de>, Gerhard H�ring wrote: > Gary Lisyansky wrote: > >> This makes whitespace the part of the language syntax. In practice, it's not >> convenient, and adds *extremely nasty* tab/space problems. In common, it's a >> bug generator. Yes. > In many people's experience, it _is_ convenient. My policy is that tabs Like it is in FORTRAN 77? No, it is not convenient only annoying and a bug trap. Please explain why it is convenient. -- �Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language not an app programming language.� - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer) Use Ada 95, a free language. More info at http://www.adapower.com/