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From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Other Ada Standards (was Re: SIGada Conference)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:29:24 -0500
Date: 2003-12-22T13:29:24-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vJGFb.77$cf2.6891@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bebbba07.0312211607.252ff8d1@posting.google.com>

Russ wrote:

> "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<MbCdnfw97bXUF3miRVn-jA@comcast.com>...
>>Anyone who argues that "with and use" is eight characters longer than 
>>"use" needs a better text editor.
> 
> First, let me say that I think "with and use" is a big step forward
> from double naming of library units.
> 
> The problem with it has nothing to do with eight extra characters, but
> rather with the fact that it is grammatically awkward. You might say,
> "use a hammer," but you would never say "with and use a hammer." 

But in many contexts this immediately raises the question:

   "which hammer?"

(ie. X.Hammer or Y.Hammer?)

Thus the with-and-use approach often breeds conflict (apart
from this forum ;-)

-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg




  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-12-22 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2003-12-17  1:01 ` SIGada Conference Stephen Leake
2003-12-17  3:19   ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-18  6:55     ` Robert C. Leif
2003-12-18 15:23       ` Other Ada Standards (was Re: SIGada Conference) Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-18 18:27         ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-19  7:38           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-19 23:10             ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-19  8:51           ` Russ
2003-12-19 17:03             ` tmoran
2003-12-20  0:43               ` Russ
2003-12-19 23:18             ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-20  7:05               ` Russ
2003-12-20  9:06                 ` Nick Roberts
2003-12-20 17:43                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-22  0:07                     ` Russ
     [not found]                       ` <bfcib1-r43.ln1@beastie.ix.netcom.com>
2003-12-22 17:10                         ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-22 18:25                           ` Larry Hazel
2003-12-23 16:55                             ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-12-24 13:17                               ` Marin David Condic
2003-12-24 14:57                                 ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-25  3:26                                   ` Marin David Condic
2004-01-03 19:03                                   ` Pascal Obry
2003-12-24 20:16                                 ` Russ
2003-12-24 21:41                                   ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-25  2:51                                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-25  3:42                                     ` Marin David Condic
2003-12-25  6:35                                       ` Russ
2003-12-25 12:34                                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-25 15:38                                           ` Marin David Condic
2003-12-26 20:09                                             ` Russ
2003-12-27  3:39                                               ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-27  7:40                                                 ` Russ
2003-12-27 11:18                                                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-28  5:56                                                     ` Russ
2003-12-27 11:24                                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-27 12:21                                                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-28 11:44                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-28 13:59                                                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-28 19:43                                                         ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-28 20:47                                                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-28 19:54                                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-29  6:07                                                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-29 11:28                                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-29 13:36                                                               ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-12-29  6:25                                                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-27 18:43                                                   ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-28 11:45                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-28 19:59                                                       ` Robert A Duff
2003-12-30 18:03                                                     ` Peter Richtmyer
2003-12-30 23:02                                                       ` Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-12-27 21:56                                                   ` Russ
2003-12-27 22:52                                                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-28 11:44                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-28 18:14                                                       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-28 19:55                                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-29  2:08                                                           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-29 11:29                                                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-12-29 13:44                                                               ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-12-29 17:07                                                                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-28 23:17                                                       ` Russ
2003-12-28 23:45                                                         ` Wes Groleau
2003-12-27 14:09                                                 ` Marin David Condic
2003-12-27 19:25                                                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-12-28  1:47                                                   ` Russ
2003-12-23 10:49                           ` come from joke (was " Peter Hermann
2003-12-23 12:19                             ` come from joke Samuel Tardieu
2003-12-23 17:00                               ` Arthur Evans Jr
2003-12-23 22:03                               ` Wes Groleau
2003-12-25  0:37                                 ` Stephane Richard
2003-12-27  1:00                                   ` John Woodruff
2003-12-24 18:48                               ` Simon Wright
2003-12-23 12:39                             ` come from joke (was Re: Other Ada Standards (was Re: SIGada Conference) Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2003-12-23 15:50                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-23 16:03                               ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2003-12-23 16:12                               ` Peter Hermann
2003-12-22 18:29                       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2003-12-20 19:44                   ` tmoran
2003-12-22 18:22                   ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-12-20  0:39             ` Russ
2003-12-20  1:44               ` unknown
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