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: 103376,1e3f2eac5c026e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-24 06:57:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!nntp.TheWorld.com!not-for-mail From: Robert A Duff Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Other Ada Standards (was Re: SIGada Conference) Date: 24 Dec 2003 09:57:01 -0500 Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Message-ID: References: <468D78E4EE5C6A4093A4C00F29DF513D04B82B08@VS2.hdi.tvcabo> <3FE991DD.5060301@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pip1-5.std.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: pcls4.std.com 1072277821 21629 192.74.137.185 (24 Dec 2003 14:57:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:57:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3780 Date: 2003-12-24T09:57:01-05:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic writes: > I think its all a tempest in a teapot. I agree with you there. But you and others keep repeating this red herring: > Personally, I'd rather have to type two lines of code (over and over > again, if necessary) than to develop my own matrix math, stats package, > operations research math, etc. The issue has nothing to do with how much you have to type. As some wise person's signature (I forget who) says, that's your editor's job. The reason the verbosity and redundancy of "with X; use X;" is bad is that it's harder to read (than various proposed alternatives). - Bob