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: 103376,38fc011071df5a27 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-19 05:25:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X "left hand side" repeater. Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:22:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3EE7CC70.E1FD3A67@adaworks.com> <3EECA772.4B662024@adaworks.com> <-dycnQfc3Pl_tmyjXTWJjw@gbronline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.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 1056025376 23111 129.241.83.78 (19 Jun 2003 12:22:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:22:56 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:39444 Date: 2003-06-19T12:22:56+00:00 List-Id: Wesley Groleau wrote: > >>> Pixel is Screen.Buffer(i) in Pixel := Pixel + 1; >>> >>>would be semantically better. >> >> OK. I was thinking more like: >> >> Wesley Groleau is Hamlet in Shakespear's Hamlet. >> >> and not >> >> Hamlet is Wesley Groleau in Shakespear's Hamlet. > > Hmmm. It does make sense that way. Perhaps the ambiguity > is an argument against it. :-) I would think so :-) -- �It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and a significant source of errors, but it also makes programs run slower.� - James Kanze on comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++.moderated