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: 103376,259541b8a8a12b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-20 15:46:39 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards - aesthetics are irrelevant Message-ID: References: Organization: LJK Software Date: 20 Dec 2000 18:46:35 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 977355998 216.44.122.34 (Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:46:38 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:46:38 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3298 Date: 2000-12-20T18:46:35-05:00 List-Id: In article , "Singlespeeder" writes: > As for markers in the code - surely the language standard itself need not > specify them. Neither is there any reason why you or your company couldn't > adopt html (or even xml) in your source code comments and then run the > source through a tool similar to javadoc. Except you'd have to write the > tool. None proprietary please. Your request that privately funded tools to meet a private need be released to the world is unlikely to get sympathy at some sites.