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,c1983ae2deb642ab X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-08 12:37:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "SteveD" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <5ee5b646.0206080414.67b7ab3b@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.225.227.101 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1023565021 12.225.227.101 (Sat, 08 Jun 2002 19:37:01 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 19:37:01 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 19:37:01 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25558 Date: 2002-06-08T19:37:01+00:00 List-Id: "Robert Dewar" wrote in message news:5ee5b646.0206080414.67b7ab3b@posting.google.com... > "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message news:... > > >Personally I find the introduction of attributes and pragmas that are > > >notessential to be undesirable. > > > > > > I agree > > Everyone agrees! > > What people differ on is the definition of essential. We are in the business > of meeting our customers needs. If there is a customer who needs a new feature, > and if the feature makes sense, and if it is generally useful, then we see it > as essential :-) I agree with this for most of the gnat specific attributes. But find the "img" attribute hard to justify. Usually being terse is not a goal in Ada. SteveD > Robert Dewar > Ada Core Technologies