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,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-02 17:07:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newshub.sdsu.edu!newspeer.cts.com!galanthis.cts.com!127.0.0.1.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Sender: kst@king.cts.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language References: <3B6555ED.9B0B0420@sneakemail.com> <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> <3j6jmtchpgju4l9sj0qbi011nbahre2gbo@4ax.com> From: Keith Thompson Date: 02 Aug 2001 17:07:56 -0700 Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.68.192.180 X-Trace: 996797276 nntp.cts.com 276 209.68.192.180 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11153 Date: 2001-08-02T17:07:56-07:00 List-Id: Barry Kelly writes: > In article <9k3l9r$10i2$1@pa.aaanet.ru> > "Gary Lisyansky" wrote: > > > Pascal uses Ada- like syntax, > > Wrong. Ada uses Pascal-like syntax. Well, actually both statements are correct; the first doesn't *necessarily* imply ordering. Someone familiar with Ada encountering Pascal for the first time would quite naturally say that Pascal uses Ada-like syntax (but where did these crazy semicolon rules come from??). > "=" for assignment is mathematically meaningless. What mathematician > in their right minds would write > > i = i + 1 > > ? One who's writing a C or Fortran program. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Cxiuj via bazo apartenas ni.