From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Ada safety road Was: Which is right ...
Date: 1999/06/08
Date: 1999-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wcc4skih7ys.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7jho5j$649$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> writes:
> The RM is *full* of ordinary english words used in a formal
> manner. You have to make clear that you are speaking this
> formal terminology when you do, and you should speak it only
> to the initiated :-)
There aren't many examples that are as misleading as "erroneous".
I object to calling that type in Standard "Integer", as if God created
only a few billion of them. And then we have to invent a new name,
"universal integer" for God's integers. Sheesh.
> There are many cases where this can cause trouble, for example
> how many people think a generic package is a package (it is
> NOT, and this is critical in understanding the RM).
This doesn't bother me -- this is the way English works, and the RM is
not being naughty here. A would-be king is not a king. A retired
plumber is not a plumber. A bogus doctor is not a doctor. A former
president is not a president. A non-partisan is not a partisan.
On the other hand, "template" would be clearer than "generic".
In fact, the very first paragraph of chapter 12 says, "A generic unit is
template..." ;-)
- Bob
--
Change robert to bob to get my real email address. Sorry.
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Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-05-30 0:00 Which is right here - GNAT or OA ? Vladimir Olensky
1999-05-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-01 0:00 ` dennison
1999-05-30 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Ada safety road Was: Which is right Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-06-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-09 0:00 ` dennison
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Entamology of "Nasal Demons" dennison
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Ada safety road Was: Which is right Robert Dewar
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-09 0:00 ` dennison
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1999-06-14 0:00 ` Ada safety road Franco Mazzanti
1999-06-15 0:00 ` Franco Mazzanti
1999-06-16 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Ada safety road Was: Which is right Peter Amey
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-11 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-12 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-16 0:00 ` William Dale
1999-06-19 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1999-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-13 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-06-13 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-06-01 0:00 ` Which is right here - GNAT or OA ? Tucker Taft
1999-05-31 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-01 0:00 ` dennison
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
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