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: 103376,79bbf7e359159d0d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-12 08:24:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.stealth.net!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison Sender: usenet@www.newsranger.com References: <25%y6.2364$jz.201607@www.newsranger.com> <3ACDB29E.45B91316@earthlink.net> <3AD2788C.7F2BAFA3@worldnet.att.net> <9b1oqv$ikb$2@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3AD4D3C2.E45751D9@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: newbie can't get exceptions to work! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:16:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.208.22.130 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com X-Trace: www.newsranger.com 987088607 209.208.22.130 (Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:16:47 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:16:47 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6819 Date: 2001-04-12T15:16:47+00:00 List-Id: In article <3AD4D3C2.E45751D9@worldnet.att.net>, James Rogers says... >Also, the supposed virtues of "{}" (imho) fade when you need to >add a label to the closing brace. You now manage to save exactly >two characters (en), but you must add an additional semicolon. Well...since the incredible terseness was at the root of most of my problems with "}", arguing that it is no longer terse is a sure recipe for having us chasing our tails. :-) And acutally, you save *less* than that (it might even be *more* typing), because those endings are not required in Ada, as we propose they will be in this new language. I'd actually agree with you that its silly. However, with the extra stuff on the end its at least not *harmful* any more, so I can live with the sillyness. I don't for a minute buy the argument that people stay away from Ada because they don't want to type "end" instead of "}". That's an *excuse*, not a serious argument. But some folks here seem to honestly believe it, and this ought to at least make them happy. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com