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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: border1.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ottix-news.ottix.net!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 'Protected' abstract subprograms Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:37:51 -0500 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <839fee13-2743-49f6-a7f3-f95578386201@googlegroups.com> <1aav8alqsnqqv.5urmifgwh1mv.dlg@40tude.net> <6ydk8y4adyxw$.v9bu24l9otx4.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls7.std.com 1390315072 3697 192.74.137.71 (21 Jan 2014 14:37:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:37:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (irix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1KXJZ5wfAAii8se1Su7OLIM1+dQ= X-Original-Bytes: 2104 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:184504 Date: 2014-01-21T09:37:51-05:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:07:41 -0500, Robert A Duff wrote: > >> In other words: Don't mix up "the Ada language" with "the words we >> use to describe the Ada Language in the RM". The latter can change >> without changing the former. And in this case, the latter changed >> a lot while the former changed a little. > > Wow! (Remembering my discussions in c.l.a...) Well, please don't interpret my words above as saying one should use the Humpty-Dumpty style. ;-) - Bob