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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f51e93dacd9c7fca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-19 01:31:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!proxad.net!proxad.net!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: status of Ada STL? Date: 19 Jun 2002 10:31:06 +0200 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-2-90.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: wanadoo.fr 1024475476 5592 217.128.15.90 (19 Jun 2002 08:31:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Jun 2002 08:31:16 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.90 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26364 Date: 2002-06-19T08:31:16+00:00 List-Id: 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) writes: > Also, I do not see why "\" is so bad. Fortran uses "&", which is Let me show you (have you ever tried you syntax proposal yourself ????): My_Function_Call (First_Parameter => 1, Second_Parameter => "whatever", Third_Parameter => (1, 8, 9 10, 2, 0), Last_One => 12.89); vs. My_Function_Call \ (First_Parameter => 1, \ Second_Parameter => "whatever", \ Third_Parameter => (1, 8, 9 10, 2, 0), \ Last_One => 12.89) So you have removed one ";" and added four "\" !!!!! > preferable, but that symbol is already used in Ada. The backslash is > used in many scripting languages, so it seems appropriate to me. Do you have a Ada-F parser ? If so start using it, put it on your web page along with some nice examples. > You Ada guys are so worried about having two slightly different > dialects of Ada, but a much bigger problem for Ada is that it uses > basic syntax that is inconsistent with all the other major languages > in widespread use today, as I explained above. Unless you guys wake up > to that fact, I'm afraid Ada is on the way out -- and that's a shame. You Russ, you are trying to push a new syntax based on some "dreams" and you have actually never used it :) You seem to have not even taken the time to write some simple Ada-F sources... credibility ? Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595