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: 103376,45b47ecb995e7a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-08 11:03:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Idioms Progress Preview References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 18:03:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 997293790 24.7.82.199 (Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:03:10 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:03:10 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11633 Date: 2001-08-08T18:03:10+00:00 List-Id: >Out of curiosity, which category would you place the "Rosen Trick" in? If it's obscure, it's an idiom. If it's common and clear, but not so obvious that everyone invents it for himself, perhaps it should be called a "cliche". Both are useful, and both should be written up, but they should be in separate chapters.