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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Ada -vs- GNAT
Date: 9 Jun 2002 11:05:02 -0700
Date: 2002-06-09T18:05:02+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0206091005.bec9c16@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: x1tM8.144976$ux5.185878@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net

"SteveD" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com> wrote in message news:<x1tM8.144976$ux5.185878@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...
> 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.

One comment on the terseness issue here is that when it
comes to attribute names, the design of the language
favors short abbreviations (pos, val, max, min etc)



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-06-09 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-25  2:47 Ada -vs- GNAT Steve Doiel
2002-05-25  4:21 ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25  5:48   ` tmoran
2002-05-25  7:36     ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-28 13:14       ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-25  7:52     ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25 10:58     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 18:28       ` tmoran
2002-05-25 21:52         ` Brian Rogoff
2002-05-26  5:20           ` David Botton
2002-05-26  9:11         ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-26 11:13           ` Simon Wright
2002-05-26 12:57             ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 17:38     ` Richard Riehle
2002-05-25 18:37       ` tmoran
2002-05-25 20:13         ` Richard Riehle
2002-05-28 13:47       ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-28 17:55       ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-28 18:35         ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-28 21:42         ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-05-25  7:55   ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25 11:04   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 11:23     ` Simon Wright
2002-05-25 11:51   ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-05-25 15:34     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 20:09   ` Robert C. Leif
2002-05-25  7:27 ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25  7:41 ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 14:46   ` Steve Doiel
2002-05-25 17:03     ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 17:10       ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25 17:17         ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-25 22:23     ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 23:24       ` Steve Doiel
2002-05-26  9:21         ` Preben Randhol
2002-05-28 13:58         ` Marin David Condic
2002-05-29 11:13           ` Preben Randhol
2002-06-28 18:25             ` pontius
2002-05-25 15:35   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25  8:00 ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 15:37   ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 15:53     ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 17:02       ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25 17:50         ` chris.danx
2002-05-25 18:04           ` Pascal Obry
2002-05-25 22:37           ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 22:44             ` chris.danx
2002-05-26  2:05               ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 22:31       ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-26  5:29   ` David Botton
2002-05-25 10:49 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-25 11:02 ` Robert Dewar
2002-05-28 18:09   ` Stephen Leake
2002-05-25 11:09 ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-07 22:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-06-08 12:14   ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-08 19:37     ` SteveD
2002-06-09 12:13       ` Robert Dewar
2002-06-12 17:07         ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-06-09 18:05       ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2002-06-09 18:06     ` Richard Riehle
2002-06-10 21:22       ` Robert A Duff
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