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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Clause "with and use"
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On 2003-11-03, Russ <18k11tm001@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, I think I'm starting to get it. Redundant keystrokes are what make
> Ada the great language it is! I guess I was just too stubborn to see
> that sooner. Now that I see the light, let me propose a way to use
> even more redundant keystrokes:

No, you will never get it. Try read the design goals 10 more times and
perhaps you will finally understand the points about readability versus
writeability.

> It's really painful to see a great language die of overzealous
> followers.

As are stupid arguments kept alive by overzealous believers.

-- 
"Saving keystrokes is the job of the text editor, not the programming
 language."